Directed by:
Jiří ChlumskýScreenplay:
Jan NovákCinematography:
Ján ĎurišComposer:
Michal NovinskiCast:
Samuel Spišák, Peter Oszlík, Ondřej Vetchý, Ina Gogálová, Ľubomír Bukový, Norman Šáro, Daniel Fischer, Dávid Hartl, Jakub Spišák, Zuzana Porubjaková (more)Plots(1)
Martin Friedmann, a Jewish boy, was born in 1926 in Bánovce nad Bebravou (western Slovakia). His story would hardly be extraordinary, had he not succeeded in escaping deportation to a concentration camp thanks to his exceptional football talent and a few lucky coincidences. Today he lives in L.A. under the name Martin Petrášek and is proud of his Slovak roots.
Why and how did he arrive at this name, and why does he use it today? That and much more in Broken Promise, a story based on true events.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Samuel Spišák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/795/165795612_2ae81d.jpg)
Samuel Spišák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
Broken Promise (2009)
Money or Love (2011)
![Peter Oszlík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/111/656/111656089_279aa3.jpg)
Peter Oszlík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Všetko za národ (2011) (theatrical recording)
Broken Promise (2009)
Muzika (2007)
![Ondřej Vetchý](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/188/164188679_4d6eec.jpg)
Ondřej Vetchý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
The Elementary School (1991)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Ina Gogálová
Czechoslovakia
![Ľubomír Bukový](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/510/510249_c4f52f.jpg)
Ľubomír Bukový
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
Orest z rodu čarodejníkov (2010) (TV movie)
Tigers in the City (2012)
Norman Šáro
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
![Daniel Fischer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/649/162649194_c0699b.jpg)
Daniel Fischer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Invalid (2023)
Let There Be Light (2019)
Broken Promise (2009)
![Dávid Hartl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/649/162649185_233727.jpg)
Dávid Hartl
Slovakia
Best movies:
Jozef Mak (2021) (TV movie)
Broken Promise (2009)
By a Sharp Knife (2019)
![Jakub Spišák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/414/165414042_c0f4c7.jpg)
Jakub Spišák
Slovakia
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
Láska na vlásku (2014)
O liečivej vode (2020) (TV movie)
![Zuzana Porubjaková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/353/164353634_5841aa.jpg)
Zuzana Porubjaková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
Parralel (2018)
Money or Love (2011)
Peter Kočan
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
Stanko (2016)
Juraj Sadílek
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
Quartétto (2002) (TV movie)
![Ivan Romančík st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/355/162355724_6d4f33.jpg)
Ivan Romančík st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Zuzanka Hraškovie (1991) (TV movie)
Tiene v raji (1986) (TV movie)
Život bez konca (1982) (series)
![Ľudmila Swanová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/322/162322379_48ff76.jpg)
Ľudmila Swanová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Staroružová dráma (1989) (TV movie)
Buddenbrookovci (1974) (TV movie)
Broken Promise (2009)
![Marián Slovák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/647/161647257_1a6cdb.jpg)
Marián Slovák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nepokojná láska (1975) (series)
Omyl doktora Moresiniho (1988) (TV movie)
Život bez konca (1982) (series)
![Dušan Kaprálik](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268751_c1956a.jpg)
Dušan Kaprálik
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lekár umierajúceho času (1983) (series)
Romulus Veľký (1992) (TV movie)
Naši synovia (1975) (series)
Benjamín Žiak
Best movies:
Uprising (2001) (TV movie)
Broken Promise (2009)
Jozef Tkáč
Best movies:
Zelary (2003)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Broken Promise (2009)
![Viera Topinková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268768_fe743d.jpg)
Viera Topinková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Rok na dedine (1967) (TV movie)
In Bukva Courtyard (1993) (TV movie)
Mesiac na dedine (1981) (theatrical recording)
Jana Segešová
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
Landscape (2000)
Tajomstvo alchymistu Storitza (1991) (TV movie)