Owners ( cs, Vlastníci) is a 2019 Czech comedy film directed by Jiří Havelka, which he made according to his own screenplay. The story is based on the play The Society of Owners (Condominium), which Havelka also wrote and directed, and was presented by the theater company Vosto5. The performance won the Divadelní noviny award in the category of alternative theater.
Plot
Owners of flats in an apartment building meet at a regular house meeting to resolve the necessary sale of attic space to deal with the emergency state of the house. But the seemingly simple vote is complicated by the fact that everyone has their own ideas and agenda.
Cast
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Tereza Voříšková
Tereza Ramba, née Voříšková (born 29 June 1989, Prague) is a Czech film and television actress. She has notably played the role of Beruška in the 2008 film ''The Country Teacher'' ( cz, Venkovský učitel). She has also played roles in ''Zem ...
as Mrs. Zahrádková
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Vojtěch Kotek as Mr. Zahrádka
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Dagmar Havlová
Dagmar Havlová (born Dagmar Veškrnová on 22 March 1953) is a Czech actress. She married Václav Havel, the former Czech President, on 4 January 1997. She has one daughter, Nina Veškrnová (born 1976), from a previous marriage to Radvít Nov ...
as Mrs. Horváthová
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Jiří Lábus
Jiří Lábus (born 26 January 1950, in Prague) is a Czech actor. His brother is the Czech architect Ladislav Lábus.
In 1973, he graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and joined the theatre Studio Ypsilon, where he remains ...
as Mr. Kubát
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Andrej Polák as Mr. Nitranský
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Pavla Tomicová
Pavla Tomicová (born 25 June 1962) is a Czech actress. She won the Alfréd Radok Award for Best Actress in 1999 for her role of ''Maryša'' in the play ''Maryša - po pravdě však "Mařka"'' at the in Hradec Králové. Tomicová has acted in ...
as Mrs. Procházková
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Ondřej Malý as Mr. Novák
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Klára Melíšková
Klára Melíšková (born 29 November 1971, in Roudnice nad Labem) is a Czech stage and film actress. She is the wife of actor Lukáš Hlavica, daughter-in-law of actor and painter Miloš Hlavica and actress Růžena Merunková and sister-in- ...
as Mrs. Roubíčková
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David Novotný
David Novotný (born 12 June 1969) is a Czech actor. He has appeared in more than forty films since 1985.
Selected filmography
References
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1969 births
Living people
Czech male film actors
People from Brandýs nad ...
as Mr. Švec
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Kryštof Hádek
Kryštof Hádek (born 10 March 1982 in Prague) is a Czech actor.
He studied at the People's School of Art and at the Prague Conservatory, from which he was expelled in the fourth year for a high amount of absences, which originated when Hádek b ...
as Mr. Čermák
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Stanislav Majer as Mr. Čermák
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Ladislav Trojan as Mr. Sokol
Reception
''Owners'' were nominated for 12
Czech Lion Awards
The Czech Lion Awards ( cs, Český lev) are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in filmmaking and television. It is the highest award of achievement in film awarded in the Czech Republic. The jury is composed of members of the Czech Fi ...
including the Best film.
References
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2019 films
2019 comedy-drama films
Czech comedy-drama films
2010s Czech-language films
Czech Lion Awards winners (films)