Directed by:
Jiří ChlumskýScreenplay:
Jan NovákCinematography:
Ján ĎurišComposer:
Michal NovinskiCast:
Samuel Spišák, Peter Oszlík, Ondřej Vetchý, Ina Gogálová, Ľubomír Bukový, Norman Šáro, Daniel Fischer, Dávid Hartl, Jakub Spišák, Zuzana Porubjaková (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Martin Friedmann, a Jewish boy, was born in 1926 in Bánovce nad Bebravou (western Slovakia). His story would hardly be extraordinary, had he not succeeded in escaping deportation to a concentration camp thanks to his exceptional football talent and a few lucky coincidences. Today he lives in L.A. under the name Martin Petrášek and is proud of his Slovak roots.
Why and how did he arrive at this name, and why does he use it today? That and much more in Broken Promise, a story based on true events.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Attila Mokos](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276769_bb0e71.jpg)
Attila Mokos
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Teacher (2016)
Broken Promise (2009)
The Ballad of Piargy (2022)
![Ľubomír Paulovič](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268620_6cebea.jpg)
Ľubomír Paulovič
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Divadelná komédia (1994) (theatrical recording)
LENI (2015) (theatrical recording)
Henrich IV. (1987) (theatrical recording)
![Vladimír Černý](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268678_ed7b7c.jpg)
Vladimír Černý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
The Millennial Bee (1983)
Jánošík I., II. (1963)
![Lucia Vráblicová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/202/160202312_8b30a1.jpg)
Lucia Vráblicová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
The Ballad of Piargy (2022)
Nesmrteľní (2010) (series)
![Roman Luknár](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269180_0257b4.jpg)
Roman Luknár
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Henrich IV. (1987) (theatrical recording)
The Karamazovs (2008)
![Ady Hajdu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319064_883959.jpg)
Ady Hajdu
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Henrich IV. (1987) (theatrical recording)
Romulus Veľký (1992) (TV movie)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
![Éva Bandor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/070/165070802_3c0e02.png)
Éva Bandor
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Glass Tiger 3 (2010)
The Teacher (2016)
Charlatan (2020)
![Vica Kerekes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/292/164292378_059aa3.jpg)
Vica Kerekes
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Angel of the Lord 2 (2016)
The Story of a God-Father (2013)
Broken Promise (2009)
![Pavel Kříž](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/188/164188669_7e20bb.jpg)
Pavel Kříž
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999) (series)
BrainStorm (2008) (TV movie)
Ivan Kollár
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
The Third Dragon (1985)
Novel for Men (2010)
![Filip Renč](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268554_91954f.jpg)
Filip Renč
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kolya (1996)
Dark Blue World (2001)
Requiem for a Maiden (1991)
Xénia Kubová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Smrť sa volá Engelchen (1960) (TV movie)
Broken Promise (2009)
If I Had a Gun (1971)
Anna Kornajová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ženské oddelenie (1991) (TV movie)
Staroružová dráma (1989) (TV movie)
Deti (1985) (TV movie)
Branislav Bačo
Best movies:
Zločin a trest (2015) (theatrical recording)
Jozef Mak (2021) (TV movie)
Broken Promise (2009)
![Andrej Mojžiš](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901499_6d20b1.jpg)
Andrej Mojžiš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Demeterovci (1976) (TV movie)
Louis Pasteur (1977) (TV movie)
Nepokojná láska (1975) (series)
Ivan Gontko
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
Landscape (2000)
Apricot Island (2011)
Alexander Podolkhov
Best movies:
Czech Century (2013) (series)
Broken Promise (2009)
Jan Palach (2018)
![Sergej Sanža](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/483/483296_e01690.jpg)
Sergej Sanža
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
Oktopus (2023) (series)
The Confidant (2011)
Patrick Stott
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
Vladimír Kittler
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Millennial Bee (1983)
Staroružová dráma (1989) (TV movie)
Broken Promise (2009)