Hanele

Based on an autobiographical novella by Ivan Olbracht, the film tells the story of Hanele Safarová, who grows up just after the First World War in a little Ruthenian schtetl which, in true Hassidic fashion, awaits the arrival of the Messiah. But Hanele decides to follow the Zionists instead. She moves to the city to prepare for her departure to the Promised Land, where she meets a successful businessman named Ivo Karadzic, who has renounced Judaism to become a free-thinker. Their love for each other doesn’t only drive Hanele’s parents to distraction, it also threatens to destroy the entire community in the schetl.

• Karel KachyňaDirector
• Jana DudkováScreenplay
• Petr HapkaOriginal Music Composer

• Lada JelínkováHanele Šafarová
• Miroslav NogaIvo Karadžič
• Jiří OrnestDad
• Táňa FischerováMom
• Milan LasicaGrandpa Šafar
• Hanuš BorPinches Jakubovič
• Václav ChalupaŠlojme Kac
• Stanislav ZindulkaJid Fajnerman
• Jan KrausSalamon Fux
• Eva HolubováEster Fuxová
• Radim KalvodaBenci Fux
• Jindřich KhainHerše Fux