Czechia’s “In the Shadow” enters Oscar Foreign Language Film raceSeptember 18, 2012 - 18:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In the Shadow, a period drama set in 1950s Prague, will represent the Czech Republic in next year's race for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, The Hollywood Reporter said. The film stars veteran Czech actor Ivan Trojan (Zelary) as Hakl, a member of Prague's Communist police force charged with investigating what seems to be a routine robbery at a goldsmith's shop. His investigation, however, unveils darker secrets and soon State Security replaces him on the case with a German specialist in "Zionist crime," played by Sebastian Koch (The Lives of Others). When Hakl continues his investigation on his own, he sets both men on a collision course with the ominous powers of the Communist state. Director David Onriceck (Grandhotel) co-wrote the script to In The Shadow with Vaclav screenwriter Marek Epstein. Ondrick, Krystof Mucha and U.S.-based producer Ehud Bleiberg produced the film. Bleiberg's Bleiberg Entertainment is handling worldwide sales to the film and will be presenting it to buyers at the American Film Market in November. In The Shadow was set up as a Czech-Slovak-Polish and Israeli co-production with Czech group Lucky Man Film and Bleiberg Entertainment as lead producers. Poland's Centrala Film, Trigon Production of Slovakia and Israel's United King Films co-produced together with RWE, Barrandov Studio and Avion Film. In the Shadow is currently on release in Czech theaters via local distributor Falcon. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |