Year of the Devil
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| Year of the Devil | |
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| Directed by | Petr Zelenka |
| Written by | Petr Zelenka |
| Produced by | Pavel Strnad |
| Starring | Jaromír Nohavica, Karel Plíhal, František Černý, Karel Holas & Čechomor, Jaz Coleman, Jan Prent |
| Edited by | David Charap |
| Music by | Jaromír Nohavica, Čechomor, Karel Holas |
Production company | Negativ |
Release date | 2002 |
Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Languages | Czech English Dutch |
Year of the Devil (
Karel Plihal and British musician and composer Jaz Coleman. The soundtrack also includes two pieces by the Killing Joke
: Frenzy and Exorcism.
Plot
Dutch documentary film director, Jan Holman, goes to the Czech Republic to make a film about curing alcoholism. At an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting he finds a man named Jaromir Nohavica who becomes his friend. Another friend of Nohavica, Karel Plihal, becomes mute, and Nohavica decides to start a tour with the band Čechomor to help cure him. When Jan Holman follows with his camera in tow, he finds many inexplicable events along the way.
Awards and nominations
It was awarded the
Czech Lions, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Editing, and was nominated for 5 more, including Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography. In the same year it won the Prize Trieste
at the Trieste Film Festival.
External links
- Official pages of the film (in Czech)
- Official pages of the film (in English)
- Rok ďábla at IMDb
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