ZÁTOPEK
synopsis
Zatopek is based on Alice Nellis’s screenplay and tells the story of the Czechoslovak long-distance runner, three gold medals winner nicknamed the “Czech Locomotive”, at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Sports, as well as the fateful socio-political perpetuals, are reflected in the personality of Emil Zátopek. The iconic historical figure becomes a dramatic human “coloured” character.
| international title: | Zátopek |
| original title: | Zátopek |
| country: | Czech Republic |
| year: | 2021 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | David Ondříček |
| release date: | CZ 13/08/2020 |
| screenplay: | David Ondříček, Jan P. Muchow, Alice Nellis |
| cast: | Václav Neužil, Martha Issová, Robert Mikluš, James Frecheville, Gabriel Andrews, Sinead Phelps, Sean Brodeur, Anna Schmidtmajerová, Philipp Mogilnitskiy, Roy McCrerey |
| cinematography by: | Štěpán Kučera |
| music: | Jan P. Muchow |
| producer: | David Ondříček |
| production: | Lucky Man Films, Czech Television - Česká televize, Z Films, Barrandov Studios, Azyl Production |
| backing: | Czech Film Fund (CZ), Czech and Slovakian Olympic Committee |
