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The film captures a period in the life of figure skater Ondrej Nepela, when in 1972 he returns with a gold medal from the Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo, marking the peak of his sporting career. At home, he is greeted not only with fame but also with the realities of the communist regime. Everyone treats him like a celebrity, but the sensitive Ondrej longs above all for an escape from this uncomfortable golden cage. He wants to live freely and in harmony with who he feels he truly is. Yet at the last moment, his promised chance to leave for a professional ice revue is forbidden, and he is ordered to compete in another World Championship. Disappointed, Nepela must find new motivation and also come to terms with the tragic death of his best friend, figure skater Hana Mašková.Read moreLess
The film captures a period in the life of figure skater Ondrej Nepela, when in 1972 he returns with a gold medal from the Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo, marking the peak of his sporting career. At home, he is greeted not only with fame but also with the realities of the communist regime. Everyone treats him like a celebrity, but the sensitive Ondrej longs above all for an escape from this uncomfortable golden cage. He wants to live freely and in harmony with who he feels he truly is. Yet at the last moment, his promised chance to leave for a professional ice revue is forbidden, and he is ordered to compete in another World Championship. Disappointed, Nepela must find new motivation and also come to terms with the tragic death of his best friend, figure skater Hana Mašková.
The story
The film captures a period in the life of figure skater Ondrej Nepela, when in 1972 he returns with a gold medal from the Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo, marking the peak of his sporting career. At home, he is greeted not only with fame but also with the realities of the communist regime. Everyone treats him like a celebrity, but the sensitive Ondrej longs above all for an escape from this uncomfortable golden cage. He wants to live freely and in harmony with who he feels he truly is. Yet at the last moment, his promised chance to leave for a professional ice revue is forbidden, and he is ordered to compete in another World Championship. Disappointed, Nepela must find new motivation and also come to terms with the tragic death of his best friend, figure skater Hana Mašková.
Cast & crew
Josef TrojanOndrej Nepela
Zuzana MauréryHilda Múdra
Antonie FormanováHana Mašková
Tereza SmetanováGabika
Martin TomanMichal
Sára PolyákováZdenka
František BelešDušan
Lucia Jaškovámama Nepelová
Michal Soltészotec Nepela
Billy DunmoreToller Cranston
Adrian JastrabanAntonín Himl
Milan MikulčíkPeter ColotkaExplore the crew
- Director
- Gregor Valentovič
- Editor
- Roman Kelemen
- Producer
- Ivan Ostrochovský
- Producer
- Albert Malinovský
- Producer
- Katarína Tomková
- Producer
- Rudolf Biermann
- Producer
- Marek Jeníček
- Producer
- Tomáš Janísek
- Screenplay
- Gregor Valentovič
- Director of Photography
- Adam Suzin
- Original Music Composer
- Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz
- Original Music Composer
- Mary Komasa