A comedy about the family, the roods, and about being able to win with the right people seemingly lost battles.
Film adaptation of Czech writer Evžen Boček bestseller “The Last of the Noblewomen” directed by Czech director Jiří Vejdělek (dir. of film Women in Temptation, 2010).
Photo from shooting (from left to right): Yvona Stolařová (Marie Kostka), Hynek Čermák (Frank Kostka), Jiří Vejdělek (movie director) a Tatiana Vilhelmová (Vivien Kostka).
The picturesque story of the Czech-American family of Count František Antonín Kostka of Kostka who learns that his aristocratic forebearers have left him their ancient family seat – the Castle of Kostka.
Frank thus leaves New York with his wife, Vivien, and daughter, Marie, to return to Bohemia and reassume his estate. Unfortunately, the castle is not in any condition to get rich off of – quite the opposite. It requires a big investment that they do not have. Frank and his family thus face the task of saving their family tradition and learning to live with their fortune amid misfortune.
Making it all the more difficult, they have “inherited” not only the castle but also its peculiar warden, hypochondriac repairman, and a cook with a fondness for homemade nut brandy.
AUTHORS & CREW
STORY
Evžen Boček
SCREENPLAY
Tereza Dusová
Jiří Vejdělek
DIRECTOR
Jiří Vejdělek
DIR. OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Vladimír Smutný
SET DESIGNER
Martin Kurel
COSTUMES DESIGNER
Katarína Hollá
PRODUCERS
Ondřej Zima a Silvia Michajlova
(Evolution Films, ČR)
Zuzana Mistríková a Ľubica Orechovská
(PubRes, SR)
CAST
Starring
Mr. Frank Kostka
Hynek Čermák
Mrs. Vivien Kostka
Tatiana Vilhelmová
Ms. Marie Kostka
Yvona Stolařová
Mr. Benda, attorney-at-law
Vojtěch Kotek
Ms. Jess
Táňa Pauhofová
Mrs. Tichá, lady of the house
Eliška Balzerová
Mr. Krása, gardener
Pavel Liška
Also starring
Martin Pechlát
Zdeněk Piškula
Zdenka Procházková
and others
ABOUT MOVIE
Release: 2019
Genre: Featured/Family/Comedy
Length: 95 min.
Distribution premiere (CZ): October 24th, 2019
Distribution premiere (SK): October 24th, 2019
Country: Czech Republic/Slovakia
Production: Evolution Films (CZ)
Co-producers: PubRes (SK); Czech television (CZ); innogy (CZ)
Original title: Poslední aristokratka
Original language: Czech/Slovak
English subtitles/dubbing: yes/no
Format: 2D DCP
World sales: Evolution Film
