''Lea'' is a
Czech
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* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus'
Places
* Czech, ...
drama film
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. It was released in 1997.
Plot
Lea witnesses her mother's rape and murder by her father as a child and because of it speaks very little and writes poems to her mother. Lea then grows up with foster parents in a different part of Slovakia. Strehlow buys Lea, now aged 21, from her foster father and imprisons her in a castle in Germany, using the same tools Lea's father used to control Lea as a child and to kill Lea's mother. As Strehlow learns more of Lea's past, he permits her to continue writing to her mother. Lea dies of a stroke within a year of living with Strehlow.
Cast
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Lenka Vlasakova.... as Lea
*
Christian Redl.... as Strehlow
*
Hanna Schygulla.... as Wanda
*
Miroslav Donutil
Miroslav Donutil (born 7 February 1951) is a Czech theatrical, film and television actor, born in Třebíč. Since 1978 when he appeared as Hloch in '' Čistá řeka'', Donutil has three decades of film and TV appearances. He dubbed the voice of ...
.... as Gregor Palty
*
Udo Kier
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.... as Block
*
Gerd Lohmeyer.... as Postmaster
*
Tereza Vetrovska.... as Young Lea
Awards
; 1997 Angers European First Film Festival
* Won Audience Award for Feature Film (tied with
Some Mother's Son)
* Won C.I.C.A.E award
* Won Telcipro award (tied with
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame)
;1997 Brussels International Film Festival
* Won Audience Award
* Won Crystal Star Award for Best European Feature
;Cinequest San Jose Film Festival
* Won Best Feature Award
* Nominated for Maverick Spirit Award
;1998
Czech Lions
* Won Best Actress Award going to
Lenka Vlasáková
* Won Best Cinematography going to
Vladimír Smutný
Vladimír Smutný (born 13 July 1942) is a Czech cinematographer. He is an eight-time winner of the Czech Lion Award for Best Cinematography. He was also a cinematographer of Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film winner ''Kolya'' (1996).
...
* Nominated for Best Design Achievement going to
Petr Kunc
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He made his senior league debut for Ústí on 23 October 2016 in a Czech National Footbal ...
and
Ludvík Široký
* Nominated for Best Director going to
Ivan Fila
* Nominated for Best Editing going to
Ivana Davidová
* Nominated for Best Film
* Nominated for Best Screenplay going to
Ivan Fila
* Nominated for Best Sound going to
Marcel Spisak and
Max Rammier-Rogall
;1996
European Film Awards
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* Nominated European Film Award for Best Young Film
;1997
German Film Awards
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**Ger ...
* Nominated Gold Film Award for Outstanding Feature Film
;1998 USA Golden Globe
* Nominated Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film
;1997 London Film Festival
* Won Satyajit Ray Award
;1997
Max Ophüls
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Festival
* Won Audience Award
;1997 Sochi International Film Festival
* Won FIPRESCI Prize
;1997
Stockholm Film Festival
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The w ...
* Nominated Bronze Horse Award
;1997
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival h ...
* Won OCIC Award in Honorable Mention
External links
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Czech drama films
1990s Czech-language films
1997 films
Czech Lion Awards winners (films)
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