Lea (1996)
51-year-old Herbert Strehlow, a furniture restorer, falls in love with 21-year-old Lea, who has not spoken a word since childhood when her father killed her mother. She bears a striking resemblance to Herbert's dead wife. They get married, but their relationship seems doomed, until gradually each one manages to penetrate the mysterious world of the other, and they begin to realize that they are bound by a kind of spiritual relationship. For Lea it is the death of her mother, for Herbert it is the death of his first wife. His hard exterior slowly beings to thaw, and he starts to show feelings and responses that soften Lea's initial hatred and fear of him, and which put their relationship in a more positive light.
Director:
Ivan Fíla
Writer:
Ivan Fíla
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Lenka Vlasáková as Lea |
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Christian Redl as Strehlow |
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Hanna Schygulla as Wanda |
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Miroslav Donutil as Gregor Palty |
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Udo Kier as Block |
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Gerd Lohmeyer as Postmaster |
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Tereza Větrovská as Young Lea |
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Ivo Gogál as Lea's father |
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Klára Jirsáková as Lea's mother |
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Oliver Stritzel as Doctor |
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Herman van Ulzen as Administrator |
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Zuzana Kronerová as Beata Paltyova |
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Soňa Valentová as Doctor |
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Mojmír Kučera as Jakub |
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Ján Melkovič as Station-master |
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Stano Dančiak as Hotel-keeper |
| Directing | Ivan Fíla | Director |
| Camera | Vladimír Smutný | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Petr Hapka | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Hana Hanušová | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Zdeněk Jiráský | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Milena Kropáčková | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Barbora Kropáčková | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Marta Lachova-Borchert | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Dana Haack | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Ivan Fíla | Screenplay |
| Camera | Václav Zajíček | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jan Horáček | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Martin Malý | Production Design |
| Art | Isabela Sopková | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Petr Kunc | Set Decoration |
| Art | Ludvík Široký | Set Decoration |
| Art | Martin Malý | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Petra Kray | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Josef Lojík | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | Ivana Davidová | Editor |
| Sound | Marcel Spisak | Sound |
| Sound | Max Rammler-Rogall | Sound |
| Art | Filip Heyduk | Title Designer |
| Production | Ivan Fíla | Producer |
| Production | Herbert Rimbach | Producer |
| Production | Ota Sekava | Producer |
| Production | Eliška Sekavová | Producer |
| Production | Alena Rimbach | Production Manager |
| Production | Andres Jauernick | Production Manager |
| Production | Antonín Suchánek | Production Manager |
| Production | Pavel Franclík | Unit Manager |