Protektor

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Audience Member The movie is certainly a good effort compared to other Czech Films, however, the plot moves very slowly sometimes. The lead actors and actresses deliver good perfomances, escpecially the female-cast. To keep a dyfunctional relationship in a deteriorating state of security is the main topic of this film. The choice of the main character to either protect his wife or join the new upperclass is the struggle that the movie focuses on. When the protagonist chooses a side, he commits an act of treason. I would wish that the movie was more centered around said act instead of elaborating the relationships of the characters with each other. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member I donâ(TM)t know about anyone else but I found the cycling motif clumsy and irritating. Although itâ(TM)s true that the killers of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague in1942 made off on bicycles but the images of the two main characters cycling to nowhere is strained, superfluous and, well, silly. Emil Vrbata is an obscure Czech radio announcer, while his wife Hana is a newly successful film actress, a rising star. The fact that Hana is Jewish is of no consequence until of course the day that the Wehrmacht occupied Prague her career is totally extinguished as if it had never been. Emil though rises to celebrity, with certain privileges if not immunities, and treads the careful line that keeps him in his job and provides promotion under the German occupation. His colleagues, and by implication, the authorities all pretend not to know that Hana is Jewish. The price of course is quite serious commitment to collaboration. Hanaâ(TM)s life now is absolutely restricted and precarious, flimsily protected by Emilâ(TM)s usefulness and compliance. Hana reacts, not by keeping her head down, not by dutifully staying at home, but by having an affair with a photographer and taking greater and greater risks. This is bold stuff and itâ(TM)s Hana who is portrayed as the more sympathetic character. The end, predictably is tragic, and both main characters are finally, noble. A film which shines a light on what people are prepared to pay, and just how long its possible to pay it. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member A relatively normal life of Czech couple ominously disrupted by German occupation in 1939. Hana's promising movie career ended due to Jewish origin while her husband (radio announcer) tries to protect her whatever it takes. Moral compromises, character desctructions and persecutions. Great acting, music and directing. Best Czech movie for 2009 (together 6 Czech lions). Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Visually striking using sepia toned and faded colours, this is yet another variation on the WWII films. It's never dull as it questions the moral integrity of each of its characters making circumstances the central villain in this character study. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review michal n I have been waiting long time to see good czech mainstream movie again. Protektor was exactly the ona I have been looking for. Excellent cut, music, detailed description of all main roles and artistic old color hue... And, of course, I saw 3 of my favorites actress naked :) Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Stylish film about a Jewish actress who must go into hiding in Nazi occupied Prague in the 30s and her husband, a radio journalist, who gains prominence as a spokesman for the occupiers. Their fortunes, prominence and notoriety reverse; she bridles at her confinement and obscurity, he thrives in the limelight. And then ... Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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