{{Short description|2016 Czech-Slovak drama film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = A Prominent Patient | image = A Prominent Patient.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Julius Ševčík | producer = Rudolf Biermann<br>Julius Ševčík | writer = Julius Ševčík | starring = Karel Roden | music = Kryštof Marek<br>Michał Lorenc | cinematography = Martin Štrba | editing = Marek Opatrný | studio = In Film Praha<br>Czech Television<br>Radio and Television of Slovakia<br>Arte<ref>{{cite web|title=KVIFF Masaryk|url=http://www.kviff.com/cs/program/film/4822419-masaryk/|website=kviff.com|accessdate=19 August 2017}}</ref> | released = {{Film date|2016|12|25|Lucerna Kino|2017|3|9|Czech Republic|df=yes}} | runtime = 113 minutes | country = Czech Republic<br>Slovakia | language = Czech<br>Slovak<br>English | budget = 54,000,000 CZK<ref>{{cite web|title=Film Masaryk režiséra Julia Ševčíka přijde do kin 9. března 2017|url=http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/film-masaryk-rezisera-julia-sevcika-prijde-do-kin-9-brezna-2017/1406606|website=ceskenoviny.cz|accessdate=13 March 2017|language=cs}}</ref> | gross = 41,746,040 CZK<ref>{{cite web|title=Masaryk - Tržby a návštěvnost|url=http://kinomaniak.cz/filmy/masaryk/|website=Kinomaniak|accessdate=15 April 2018|language=cs}}</ref> }} '''''A Prominent Patient''''' ({{langx|cs|'''Masaryk'''}}) is a 2016 Czech-Slovak biographical drama film directed by Julius Ševčík.<ref name="FA">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film441737.html |title=A Prominent Patient |work=Film Affinity |date=15 February 2017 |accessdate=12 February 2017}}</ref> It was screened in the Berlinale Special section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.<ref name="Berlin">{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/wettbewerb/wettbewerb-presse-detail_36116.html |title=Berlinale 2017: Competition and Berlinale Special Are Complete |work=Berlinale |date=20 January 2017 |accessdate=15 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202011527/https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/wettbewerb/wettbewerb-presse-detail_36116.html |archive-date=2 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It won twelve Czech Lions including the Czech Lion for Best Film.<ref name="Czech">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmneweurope.com/news/czech-news/item/114133-a-prominent-patient-received-12-czech-lions |title=Berlinale A Prominent Patient Received 12 Czech Lions |work=Film New Europe|date=6 March 2017 |accessdate=6 March 2017}}</ref> The film was first screened in Lucerna Kino.<ref>{{cite web|title=Film Masaryk zatím promítá jediné kino, tvůrci se bojí, aby snímek neukradli piráti|url=http://art.ihned.cz/film-a-televize/c1-65569430-masaryk-sevcik-roden-film-lucerna-piratstvi|website=Hospodářské noviny|access-date=6 March 2017|language=cs|date=27 December 2016}}</ref>
==Plot== The film is set from 1937 to 1939. It is loosely based on the life of Jan Masaryk when he was the Czechoslovak ambassador to the United Kingdom. The film starts with the death of the first Czechoslovak president and Jan's father Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. Jan becomes Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Czechoslovakia faces aggression from Nazi Germany, which supports the Sudeten Germans. Masaryk tries to persuade the United Kingdom to help his homeland but the Munich Agreement is eventually settled and Czechoslovakia is forced to give up its borderlands to Germany. Jan Masaryk is devastated and leaves to the United States. He ends up in a sanatorium due to his psychological problems. He is treated by Doctor Stein. Their relationship is problematic because Stein is German. Masaryk is also helped by an American journalist, Marcia Davenport.<ref name="Masaryk (2016)">{{cite web|publisher=Filmová databáze|title=Masaryk (2016)|url=https://www.fdb.cz/film/masaryk/popis-obsah/139979|website=FDb.cz|accessdate=19 August 2017|language=cs}}</ref>
==Cast== * Karel Roden as Jan Masaryk * Hanns Zischler as Dr. Stein * Oldřich Kaiser as Edvard Beneš * Arly Jover as Marcia Davenport * Jiří Vyorálek as Konrad Henlein * Emília Vášáryová as Blaženka * Eva Herzigová as Madla * Martin Hofmann as the President's Secretary * Zuzana Kronerová as Alice Masaryková * Jiří Ornest as Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk * Ján Greššo as Milan Hodža * Dermot Crowley as Lord Halifax * Paul Nicholas as Neville Chamberlain * Gina Bramhill as Lady Annie Higgins * Stewart Moss as the bodyguard * Joan Blackham as Mrs. Fitzgerald
==Production== Shooting consisted of two parts. In fall 2015, filming started in Slovakia and then moved to the Czech Republic in January 2016.<ref name="Nedaleko Kolína začalo natáčení česko-slovenského filmu Masaryk">{{cite web|title=Nedaleko Kolína začalo natáčení česko-slovenského filmu Masaryk|url=https://www.irozhlas.cz/kultura_film/nedaleko-kolina-zacalo-nataceni-cesko-slovenskeho-filmu-masaryk_201601111553_jpiroch|website=iROZHLAS|accessdate=19 August 2017|language=cs}}</ref> Some scenes were also shot in the Netherlands. Shooting took 40 days overall.<ref>{{cite web|title=Film Masaryk V Číslech a Zajímavostech|url=http://www.kritiky.cz/zajimavosti/2017/film-masaryk-v-cislech-a-zajimavostech/|website=Kritiky.cz|accessdate=19 August 2017|language=cs|date=20 February 2017}}</ref> Scenes set in London were shot in Prague. There is a shot of the British parliament that was modeled from Czech realms by work of compositioners.<ref name="Jak vznikaly triky pro Masaryka? (video) - Totalfilm.cz">{{cite web|title=Jak vznikaly triky pro Masaryka? (video)|url=http://www.totalfilm.cz/2017/03/vznikaly-triky-masaryka-video/|website=totalfilm.cz|accessdate=19 August 2017|language=cs}}</ref>
==Reception== ===Critical reception=== ''A Prominent Patient'' has received generally mixed to positive reviews from critics. It holds 68% at Kinobox aggregator.<ref>{{cite web|title=Masaryk|url=https://www.kinobox.cz/film/434186-masaryk/recenze|website=Kinobox.cz|accessdate=19 August 2017|language=cs}}</ref> The film won twelve Czech Lion Awards and eight Sun in a Net Awards. Masaryk's participation in the Sun in a Net Awards received attention due to its success at Czech Lions.<ref name="Nejvíce slovenských filmových cen Slnko v sieti získalo drama Masaryk, nejlepším filmem je Učitelka">{{cite web|title=Nejvíce slovenských filmových cen Slnko v sieti získalo drama Masaryk, nejlepším filmem je Učitelka|url=https://art.ihned.cz/film-a-televize/c1-65690200-slnko-v-sieti-slovensko-film-cena-masaryk-ucitelka|website=Hospodářské noviny|accessdate=19 August 2017|language=cs|date=8 April 2017}}</ref> <ref name="Český lev 2017: Masaryk? Levárna a kalkul, zlobí se Bartoška">{{cite web|title=Český lev 2017: Masaryk? Levárna a kalkul, zlobí se Bartoška|url=http://www.blesk.cz/clanek/celebrity-ceske-celebrity/454202/jiri-bartoska-o-triumfu-masaryka-na-ceskych-lvech-levarna-a-kalkul.html|website=Blesk.cz|accessdate=19 August 2017|language=cs}}</ref> The film received lukewarm reviews from critics at the Berlin International Film Festival. Critics criticised cheap sex scenes, aggravation of the film and confusing plot. They also criticised some supporting actors.<ref name="Masaryk? Utrpení, nevkusný sex, drogy a zmatenost, píší kritici z Berlinale. Nenadchnul je">{{cite web|title=Masaryk? Utrpení, nevkusný sex, drogy a zmatenost, píší kritici z Berlinale. Nenadchnul je|url=https://magazin.aktualne.cz/kultura/masaryk-utrpeni-nevkusny-sex-drogy-a-zmatenost-pisi-kritici/r~a37eacc0f5f611e68af8002590604f2e/|website=Aktuálně.cz|accessdate=19 August 2017|language=cs|date=18 February 2017}}</ref>
===Accolades=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! scope="col"| Award ! scope="col"| Category ! scope="col"| Recipient(s) ! scope="col"| Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |- | rowspan="14"|Czech Lion Awards | Best Film | Rudolf Biermann, Julius Ševčík | {{won}} | rowspan="14"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Držitelé Ceny 24. Český Lev|url=http://www.filmovaakademie.cz/cz/2016/2017-03-06|website=filmovaakademie.cz|accessdate=19 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nominace – Filmy|url=http://www.filmovaakademie.cz/cz/2016/nominace-filmy|website=filmovaakademie.cz|accessdate=19 August 2017}}</ref> |- | Best Director | Julius Ševčík | {{won}} |- | Best Actor in Leading Role | Karel Roden | {{won}} |- | Best Supporting Actress | Arly Jover | {{nominated}} |- | Best Supporting Actor | Oldřich Kaiser | {{won}} |- | Best Screenplay | Petr Kolečko, Alex Koenigsmark, Julius Ševčík | {{won}} |- | Best Cinematography | Martin Štrba | {{won}} |- | Best Editing | Marek Opatrný | {{won}} |- | Best Sound | Viktor Ekrt, Pavel Rejholec | {{won}} |- | Best Music | Michal Lorenc, Kryštof Marek | {{won}} |- | Best Scenography | Milan Býček | {{won}} |- | Best Costumes | Katarína Štrbová Bieliková | {{won}} |- | Best Masks | Lukáš Král | {{won}} |- | Best Poster | Rudolf Biermann, Julius Ševčík | {{nominated}} |- | rowspan="13"|Sun in a Net Awards | Best Film | Julius Ševčík | {{nominated}} | rowspan="13"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Slovenská filmová a televízna akadémia: Static|url=https://www.sfta.sk/static/show/sk/2017/sun/holders|website=sfta.sk|accessdate=19 August 2017|language=sk|archive-date=19 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819190358/https://www.sfta.sk/static/show/sk/2017/sun/holders|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | Best Director | Julius Ševčík | {{nominated}} |- | Best Screenplay | Petr Kolečko, Alex Koenigsmark, Julius Ševčík | {{nominated}} |- | Best Cinematography | Martin Štrba | {{won}} |- | Best Editing | Marek Opatrný | {{won}} |- | Best Sound | Viktor Ekrt, Pavel Rejholec | {{won}} |- | Best Music | Michal Lorenc, Kryštof Marek | {{nominated}} |- | Best Scenography | Milan Býček | {{won}} |- | Best Director | Julius Ševčík | {{won}} |- | Best Actor in Leading Role | Karel Roden | {{won}} |- | Best Supporting Actor | Oldřich Kaiser | {{won}} |- | Best Supporting Actress | Arly Jover | {{nominated}} |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|5050904|A Prominent Patient}}
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