The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider

The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider (2008)

RomanceDrama

It is 1961 and an Albanian student (Nik Xhelilaj) of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, together with a group of Czech students, is shooting his graduate movie on a motorcycle factory, in the small market-town of Český Šternberk, in then Czechoslovakia. Coming from a country that is completely isolated from the rest of Europe, he is fascinated by the lifestyle, society and "erotic exuberance" of the Czech golden youth, yet feeling strong links with his family in his homeland. He falls in love with a married woman (Anna Geislerová), the wife of a police superintendent (Paolo Buglioni) and is insecure about his future.

Director: Piro Milkani

Casts

	Nik Xhelilaj as Lekë Seriani
	Anna Geislerová as Jana Šnajderová
	Kamil Kollárik as Artur
	Ondřej Moravec as Karel
	Bára Štěpánová as Růžičková
	Tomáš Töpfer as František Piskáček
	Michele Placido as Šternberk
	Arta Dobroshi as Ema Jirásková
	Paolo Buglioni as Šnajder
	Edita Frantesová as Šternberková
	Niko Kanxheri as zeměměřič
	Fatmir Hysi as albánský student
	Violeta Manushi as výčepní
	Nevila Hysi as sekretářka albánského velvyslanectví
	Jakub Jech as Viktor
	Pavlína Karpeles as Marta
	Alena Kubálková as sekretářka v továrně
	Bohumír Starý as Koudelka
	Jan Růžička as zeměměřič
	Monika Kvasničková as zeměměřička
	Otta Tesař as číšník
	Jiří Hanč as zeměměřič
	Michaela Kundelová as dívka v sauně
	Marcela Vovsová as dívka v sauně
	Jana Rabová as dívka v sauně
	Hana Baroňová as dívka v sauně
	Dominik Sulek as dítě
	Lorenc Hysi as albánský velvyslanec
	Kreshnik Ahelilax as
	Madi Dibra as
	Petra Novotná as Milena
	Veronika Novotná as Helena
	Marie Růžičková as Eliška

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