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Servants
Directed by
Ivan Ostrochovský
Not Rated
2020
81m
Drama
,
Indie
6.4
96%
44%
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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.
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Cast of Servants
Samuel Skyva
Juraj
Samuel Polakovič
Michal
Vlad Ivanov
Dr. Ivan
Vladimír Strnisko
Dean
Milan Mikulčík
Clergyman
Tomáš Turek
Leader
Vladimír Zboroň
Secretary
Martin Šulík
Physician
Vladimír Obšil
Father Coufar
Peter Zálesnák
Secret Policeman 2
Zvonko Lakčevič
Secret Policeman 1
Dusan Kuznecov
Minister
Filip Novák
Seminarian
Ján Marcin
Seminarian
Svätozár Rúzicka
Seminarian
Adam Bíro
Seminarian
Marián Púcik
Seminarian
Jozef Minárik
Seminarian
Marek Kundlák
Voice on the Radio (voice)
Michala Kyselová
Voice on the Answering Machine (voice)
Ivan Ostrochovský
Director / Writer / Producer
Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Writer
Marek Leščák
Writer
Katarína Tomková
Producer
Servants Ratings & Reviews
The Lens
Andrew Wyatt
Ostrochovský takes a different approach compared to most films about life under authoritarian governments, eschewing humanizing depth for crisp formal precision and a powerful mood of numbing dread.
Spectrum Culture
Greg Hyde
This historical drama utilizes cinematic techniques to recreate a totalitarian era very evocatively.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Wade Major
Haunting... It's both worn and cold-blooded at the same time, and forces you to wrestle with it.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Tim Cogshell
It's actually quite good, if a bit cumbersome.
Letra Urbana
Gisela Savdie
A claustrophobic atmosphere envelops us as soon as we enter the premises, and we feel the tension the students experience throughout the whole film. Full review in Spanish
Chicago Reader
Dmitry Samarov
The filmmakers have clearly seen many films and believe they can telegraph gravitas by employing fancy camerawork and such. But without an emotional or narrative underpinning, all the style in the world is no deeper than a perfume ad.
48 Hills
Dennis Harvey
While terse and minimalist in storytelling terms, the Kafka-esque atmosphere nonetheless builds considerable dramatic tension.
Easy Reader (California)
Neely Swanson
The photography alone would be reason enough to see this film.
Film Threat
Alan Ng
What director Ostrochovsky does so well is weave together a cautionary tale from our not-so-distant past.
In Review Online
Daniel Gorman
Ostrochovsk isnt interested in traditional dramaturgy; his scenes tend toward a brutal efficiency that matches the tenor of the films content.
New York Times
Natalia Winkelman
[A] captivating ecclesiastical drama...
Always Good Movies
Filipe Freitas
Here, the enemy is not the devil or 'witches' or anything supernatural, but rather a human-made political system that operates in silence.
Variety
Guy Lodge
"Servants" is briskly shaped at just under 80 minutes, yet its alien-historical world-building is effective enough that you emerge from it feeling both out of time and out of breath...
The Hollywood Reporter
Neil Young
Ostrochovsky delivers a series of striking visual images, often from unusual overhead angles. Starting with the very first shot... his bold, confident strokes accumulate into a sharp portrait of restrained, stylish and brooding power.
Cultured Vultures
Redmond Bacon
Servants offers both a fascinating insight into the conflicts of the era while managing to bring out the universal struggle between doing what's right and what's comfortable.
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
Ivan Ostrochovský recuperates a uniquely chilling scenario from a troubled chapter from the Czech Republic's past, particularly with the intertwined political manifestations of Communism and Catholicism in the wryly titled Servants.
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