Hastrman (also known as The Hastrman) is a 2018 Czech romantic thriller film directed by Ondřej Havelka. It is based on a novel of the same name by

Miloš Urban Miloš Urban (born 4 October 1967 in Sokolov, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech novelist and horror writer, known as the "dark knight of Czech literature". He is best known for his 1999 novel ''Sedmikostelí'', a Gothic crime horror set in Prague, w ...

. It is Havelka's first film as director. It premiered at the

Finále Plzeň Film Festival Finále Plzeň is a film festival based in the Czech Republic. It focuses on Czech feature and documentary films. The best film is awarded the Golden Kingfisher by a jury. It was founded in 1967 and the first year was held in 1968. The festival wa ...

2018.

Cast

Karel Dobrý Karel Dobrý (born 2 May 1969) is a Czech film, television and stage actor. He is known for playing Liet-Kynes in the ''Dune'' 2000 miniseries, and Korba in the 2003 sequel '' Children of Dune'', and as Matthias in '' Mission: Impossible''. H ...

as Baron de Casus *

Simona Zmrzlá Simona may refer to: * 1033 Simona, a main-belt asteroid * Simona (given name), a feminine given name of Hebrew origin * ''Simona'' (TV series), a 2018 Argentine telenovela * ''Simona'' (cicada), a genus of cicadas See also * Simon (disambigua ...

as Katynka *

Jiří Lábus Jiří Lábus (born 26 January 1950, in Prague) is a Czech actor. His brother is the Czech architect Ladislav Lábus. In 1973, he graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and joined the theatre Studio Ypsilon, where he remains ...

as Baron's servant Francl *

Jan Kolařík Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Num ...

as Priest Fidelius *

Jiří Maryško Jiří (; ''YI-RZHEE''), the Czech is a masculine given name, equivalent to English George, may refer to: Given name B *Jiří Antonín Benda *Jiří Baborovský * Jiří Barta * Jiří Bartoška *Jiří Bicek *Jiří Bobok *Jiří Bubla * Jiř ...

as Teacher Voves * David Novotný as Katynka's father Kolář *

Vladimír Polívka Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Uk ...

as Jakub *

Norbert Lichý Norbert is a Germanic given name, from ''nord'' "north" and ''berht'' "bright". Norbert is also occasionally found as a surname. People with the given name Academia * Norbert Angermann (born 1936), German historian * Norbert A’Campo (born 1941 ...

Vojtěch Hrabák Vojtěch ( Czech pronunciation: ) or Vojtech is a, respectively, Czech and Slovak given name of Slavic origin. It is composed of two parts: ''voj'' – "troops"/"war(rior)" and ''těch'' – "consolator"/"rejoicing man". So, the name could be inter ...

* Andrea Berecková * Jan Komínek * Anna Kratochvílová * Ivan Sochor

Reception

The film received mixed to positive reviews from Czech critics. It holds a 65% score at the Kinobox aggregator. It won four awards at the 2018 Czech Lion Awards, including Best Actor.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hastrman 2018 films 2010s romantic thriller films Czech romantic thriller films 2010s Czech-language films Czech Lion Awards winners (films)