The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 21m.
Synopsis
Michal and Juraj, two students of a theological seminary in totalitarian Czechoslovakia, must decide if they'll choose the easier way of collaboration, or if they'll subject themselves to the surveillance of the secret police.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic78/100
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
21 audience votes
Key crew
- Cristian LoleaOriginal Music Composer
- Miroslav TóthOriginal Music Composer
- Ivan OstrochovskýDirector
- Ivan OstrochovskýScreenplay
- Marek LeščákScreenplay
- Rebecca LenkiewiczScreenplay
Cast
- Samuel SkyvaJuraj
- Samuel PolakovičMichal
- Vlad IvanovDr. Ivan
- Vladimír StrniskoDean
- Milan MikulčíkClergyman
- Tomáš TurekLeader
- Vladimír ZboroňSecretary
- Martin ŠulíkPhysician
- Vladimír ObšilFather Coufar
- Peter ZálesnákSecret Policeman 2
- Zvonko LakčevičSecret Policeman 1
- Dusan KuznecovMinister
Stills
Themes
priestblack and whiteseminarycommunismsecret policemedical examination1980scommunist espionagesecretcentral europe