The Past
Genres
Overview
Frantisek is a deaf man who has spent years in prison for the apparent murder of a man he believed was threatening his then girlfriend, Liza. Once released, Frantisek begins to search for Liza, but the task proves harder than he hoped.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
96 min
Release Date
1998-11-05
Status
Released
Original Language
Czech
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
6
Karel Zima
Deaf Frantisek
Magdalena Zimová
Líza
Klára Melíšková
Girl
Petr Georgiev
Standa
Jaroslav Macháček
Mykola Geyko
František Půlpán
Martin Procházka
Antonín Peša
Věra Bílá
Miroslav Černota
Petra Vančíková
Pavel Sobotka
Filip Sirotek
Stanislav Motl
Jordi Niubò
Jindřich Suchopár
Marie Tomášová
Stanislav Winter
Jiří Žídek
Martin Matejka
Karel Dobrý
Petr Houska
Vladimír Stehlík
Vladimír Kořínek
Richard Němčok
Daniela Roncová
Alice Veldenová
Jitka Švecová
Lucie Vačkářová-Gančeva
Irena Hrazdirová
Dušan Chlebovský
Robert Holec
Alena Bicencová
Patrik Silovský
Pavlína Fechterová
František Hrazdira
Petr Lehečka
David Urban
Gabriela Valcová
Jakub Wehrenberg
Hana Krtičková
Alice Perglerová
Ladislava Něrgešová
Miroslav Táborský
Filip Sychra
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