Nepela

Nepela (2025)

Drama

The film captures a period in the life of figure skater Ondrej Nepela, when in 1972 he returns with a gold medal from the Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo, marking the peak of his sporting career. At home, he is greeted not only with fame but also with the realities of the communist regime. Everyone treats him like a celebrity, but the sensitive Ondrej longs above all for an escape from this uncomfortable golden cage. He wants to live freely and in harmony with who he feels he truly is. Yet at the last moment, his promised chance to leave for a professional ice revue is forbidden, and he is ordered to compete in another World Championship. Disappointed, Nepela must find new motivation and also come to terms with the tragic death of his best friend, figure skater Hana Mašková.

Director: Gregor Valentovič
Writer: Gregor Valentovič

Casts

	Josef Trojan as Ondrej Nepela
	Zuzana Mauréry as Hilda Múdra
	Antonie Formanová as Hana Mašková
	Tereza Smetanová as Gabika
	Martin Toman as Michal
	Sára Polyáková as Zdenka
	František Beleš as Dušan
	Lucia Jašková as mama Nepelová
	Michal Soltész as otec Nepela
	Billy Dunmore as Toller Cranston
	Adrian Jastraban as Antonín Himl
	Milan Mikulčík as Peter Colotka
	Michal Kinik as Palko
	Vilém Hlavsa as Zdeněk Pazdírek / dablér Tollera Cranstona
	Alexandra Hagarová as Liana Drahová
	Matej Landl as manžel Hildy, pán Múdry
	Adam Hagara as dablér Ondreja Nepelu
	Radovan Hudec as hlásateľ
	Andrea Ľuptáková as ISU trénerka
	Yurii Lisovetskyi as ISU tréner
	Vladyslav Bosenko as Sergej Četveruchin
	Ján Greššo as Gustáv Husák
	Simon Stache as Jan Hoffman
	Michael Vrzala as reportér
	Ela Sklenková as Sonička
	Klára Formanová as paní Mašková
	Petr Forman as pan Mašek
	Natália Blaasová as krasokorčuliarka
	Filip Blaas as krasokorčuliar
	Barbora Ciklerová as Karen Magnussen
	Rebecca Riisness as Jannet Lynn
	Vadim Novikov as dablér Jana Hoffmana
	Jakub Čurma as dablér Sergeja Četveruchina
	Oliver Asztalos as muž v klube
	Ondrej Gajdoš as vyhazovač Csaba
	Lenka Sekerková as kanadská trenérka
	Daniela Gudabová as cukrárka
	Kristína Mihaľová as Eva
	Jáchym Zamouřil as chlapec v bare
	Jozef Novysedlák as ruský trenér
	Andrej Ivan as druhý ruský trenér
	Pavol Gmuca as Himlov asistent
	Marianna Vadovičová as recepčná
	Ema Kroupová as sovietská športová krasokorčuliarka
	Filip Brišák as sovietský športový krasokorčuliar
	Daniela Krenželáková as česká športová krasokorčuliarka
	Leonard Roth as český športový krasokorčuliar
	Viktor Kaliňák as policajt

Crew