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)
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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
Lukáš Latinák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
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Invalid (2023)
Michal Gazdík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Zuzanka Hraškovie (1991) (TV movie)
Sluha dvoch pánov (1991) (TV movie)
Ja, stará mama, Iliko a Illarion (1988) (TV movie)
Ivan Palúch
Slovak state
Best movies:
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
The Ear (1970)
Signum Laudis (1980)
Oliver Csiky
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
Tu žijú levy (1997) (TV movie)
Juraj Šimko
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Anděl Páně 2 (2016)
Broken Promise (2009)
Anjel milosrdenstva (1993)
Igor Šimeg
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Staroružová dráma (1989) (TV movie)
Broken Promise (2009)
Anjel milosrdenstva (1993)
Jaroslav Mottl
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Teacher (2016)
Broken Promise (2009)
Kidnapping (2017)
Ľudovít Vörös
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
Landscape (2000)
Ján Venéni
Slovak state
Best movies:
Hernani (1967) (TV movie)
Tiene v raji (1986) (TV movie)
Maroško (1968) (TV movie)
Pavol Topoľský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
In Bukva Courtyard (1993) (TV movie)
Broken Promise (2009)
Gendúrovci (1994) (TV movie)
Vladimír Sadílek
Slovak state
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
Landscape (2000)
An Ambiguous Report about the End of the World (1997)
Erika Lásková
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
Čerešňový chlapec (2011) (TV movie)
Zima kúzelníkov (2006) (TV movie)
Vladimír Šmičko
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
Peter Šimunič
Best movies:
Ženské oddelenie (1991) (TV movie)
Broken Promise (2009)
Alfréd Swan
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lekár umierajúceho času (1983) (series)
Variácie slávy (1991) (TV movie)
Jedenáste prikázanie (1977) (series)
Michal Spišák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
Slepý Geronimo a jeho brat (1993) (TV movie)
O živé vodě (1987) (TV movie)
Peter Barták
Best movies:
The Teacher (2016)
Broken Promise (2009)
Červený kapitán (2016)
Pavol Lančarič
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
Muzika (2007)
Apricot Island (2011)
Jaroslav Kadlec
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
Štefan Németh
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)