Directed by:
Vlado BalcoCinematography:
Martin ŠtrbaCast:
Andrej Hryc, Diana Mórová, Ady Hajdu, Barbora Kodetová, Miroslav Noga, Peter Bzdúch, Stanislav Dančiak, Zuzana Martínková, Ivo Gogál, Martin Dohnal (more)Plots(1)
The film is based on a Slovak best-selling novel of the 1990s bringing a sarcastic simile of the rise of an individual to power. It is a story of a simple-minded, mysterious and brutal man called Rácz who comes to work in a hotel basement in the capital. He builds a career and gains financial and political power. This is the background of the exciting, foolish, dramatic and tragic situations between Rácz and the characters that come into his way. Nothing can stop him on his way to achieve his goals. He gains the support and respect of the people around the hotel without revealing his real face or identity. The film is a bitter metaphor saying that every person who does not resist evil becomes part of it. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Andrej Hryc
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself (1989)
Dutý kameň (1985) (TV movie)
Lekár umierajúceho času (1983) (series)
Diana Mórová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jozef Mak (2021) (TV movie)
Martha et moi (1990)
Na konci hry (2002) (TV movie)
Ady Hajdu
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Henrich IV. (1987) (theatrical recording)
Romulus Veľký (1992) (TV movie)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Barbora Kodetová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Rok na vsi (1995) (theatrical recording)
The Defender (2021) (series)
Innocent Lies (2013) (series)
Miroslav Noga
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Gazdova krv (2014) (theatrical recording)
Koncert pre Jara Filipa (2001) (concert)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Peter Bzdúch
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Divadelná komédia (1994) (theatrical recording)
Demeterovci (1976) (TV movie)
Lekár umierajúceho času (1983) (series)
Stanislav Dančiak
Slovak state
Best movies:
Raz, dva, tri (1985) (TV movie)
Lekár umierajúceho času (1983) (series)
Ja, stará mama, Iliko a Illarion (1988) (TV movie)
Zuzana Martínková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
The Secret of a Great Narrator (1971)
Ivo Gogál
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Rok na dedine (1967) (TV movie)
Henrich IV. (1987) (theatrical recording)
Invalid (2023)
Martin Dohnal
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Inheritance (1992)
Konec velkých prázdnin (1996) (series)
Rivers of Babylon (1998)
Oldřich Navrátil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Dívčí válka (1991) (theatrical recording)
All My Loved Ones (1999)
Ľubo Gregor
Slovak state
Best movies:
Tiene v raji (1986) (TV movie)
Mário a kúzelník (1976) (TV movie)
Sebechlebskí hudci (1975)
Peter Šimun
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Zhŕňajova nevesta (1978) (TV movie)
Ženské oddelenie (1991) (TV movie)
Invalid (2023)
Oľga Vronská
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
Ja, stará mama, Iliko a Illarion (1988) (TV movie)
In Bukva Courtyard (1993) (TV movie)
Štefan Mišovic
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Rysavá jalovica (1970) (TV movie)
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself (1989)
The Millennial Bee (1983)
Jozef Dóczy
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
Louis Pasteur (1977) (TV movie)
Canarisova krvavá hviezda (1966) (TV movie)
Richard Müller
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Koncert pre Jara Filipa (2001) (concert)
Hity 89 (1989) (concert)
Richard Müller, Adela Vinczeová: ONA A ON (2017) (concert)
Hynek Kubasta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Ear (1970)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Concert at the End of Summer (1979)
Alena Michalidesová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Pericola (1979) (TV movie)
Pustý dvor (1978)
Dve slobodné bez záväzku (1981) (TV movie)
Klára Roštárová
Best movies:
Biela voči oblohe (1986) (TV movie)
Cruel Joys (2002)
Správca skanzenu (1988)