Directed by:
Jerzy BogajewiczScreenplay:
Agnieszka HollandCinematography:
Bobby BukowskiComposer:
Greg HawkesCast:
Sally Kirkland, Robert Fields, Pavlína Pořízková, Larry Pine, David R. Ellis, Caroline Aaron, Vasek Simek, Sofia Coppola, Deirdre O'Connell, Renée Coleman (more)Plots(1)
A faded actress who emigrated from Czechoslovakia years earlier takes a shy fellow refugee under her wing and helps her get started in the theatre, only to be upstaged by her protege, in this funny and poignant drama. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Sally Kirkland
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
JFK (1991)
Robert Fields
USA
Best movies:
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
The Incident (1967)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
Pavlína Pořízková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Arizona Dream (1993)
Thursday (1998)
Her Alibi (1989)
Larry Pine
USA
Best movies:
Dead Man Walking (1995)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Sunday (1997)
David R. Ellis
USA
Best movies:
Rocky III (1982)
Le Héros (1977)
Blind Fury (1989)
Caroline Aaron
USA
Best movies:
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Husbands and Wives (1992)
Vasek Simek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ed Wood (1994)
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
Carte verte (1990)
Sofia Coppola
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
Deirdre O'Connell
USA
Best movies:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Smoke (1995)
You Don't Know Jack (2010) (TV movie)
Renée Coleman
Canada
Best movies:
A League of Their Own (1992)
Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
Steven Gilborn
USA
Best movies:
Private Parts (1997)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Safe (1995)
Stefan Schnabel
German Empire
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Freud (1962)
Houdini (1953)
Maggie Wagner
USA
Best movies:
High Stakes (1989)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
James Dean (2001) (TV movie)
Holly Villaire
Best movies:
Anna - Exil in New York (1987)
Ruth Maleczech
USA
Best movies:
Sleepers (1996)
In the Soup (1992)
Mac (1992)
Mimi Weddell
USA
Best movies:
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Hitch (2005)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)