A Prominent Patient

A Prominent Patient

106 mins | Drama, History | March 9, 2017

In 1939, Czech diplomat Jan Masaryk flees to the United States to escape his recent past: Germany has invaded Czechoslovakia and he is now a man with no nation; because, as the Czechoslovak ambassador in London, he failed to win the support of the British and could not avert the fall of his country and the outbreak of the World War II.

A Prominent Patient

106 mins | Drama, History | March 9, 2017

A Prominent Patient
In 1939, Czech diplomat Jan Masaryk flees to the United States to escape his recent past: Germany has invaded Czechoslovakia and he is now a man with no nation; because, as the Czechoslovak ambassador in London, he failed to win the support of the British and could not avert the fall of his country and the outbreak of the World War II.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Česká televize, ARTE, ZDF, RTVS, In Film, Rudolf Biermann Slovakia
Original title Masaryk
Directors Julius Ševčík
Writers Petr Kolečko, Alex Königsmark, Julius Ševčík

Cast

Karel Roden

as Masaryk

Hanns Zischler

as Dr. Stein

Arly Jover

as Marcia Davenport

Oldřich Kaiser

as Edvard Beneš

Paul Nicholas

as Neville Chamberlain

Milton Welsh

as Georges Bonnet

Dermot Crowley

as Lord Halifax

Tim Preece

as Sir Robert Vansittart

Gina Bramhill

as Annie Higgins

James Flynn

as Sir Henry Higgins

Susan Lawson-Reynolds

as Nurse Blake

Katya Boirand

as Waitress

Emília Vášáryová

as Blaženka

Eva Herzigová

as Madla

Joan Blackham

as Mrs. Fitzgerald

Kevin Michael Clarke

as Parliamentary

Marek Dobeš

as Rabiát

Hoji Fortuna

as Dr. Sheldon

Ján Greššo

as Milan Hodža

Ady Hajdu

as Oskar

Martin Hofmann

as President's Secretary

Ján Jackuliak

as Prime Minister Hodža's Secretary

Robert Jašków

as Emanuel Moravec

Ignát Kinol

as Soldier

Zuzana Krónerová

as Alice Masaryková

Kateřina Lojdová

as Hana Benešová

Štěpán Markovič

as Saxophonist

Booda

as Bodyguard

Robert Nebřenský

as Jan Bohumír Syrový

Jack John Noonan

as Receptionist

Jiří Ornest

as Tomáš G. Masaryk

Rostislav Osička

as Boxing Referee

Marián Paulovič

as Messenger

Pierre Peyrichout

as General Maurice Gustav Gamelin

Michael Pitthan

as Speaker

John Poston

as Sgt. Moore

Abigail Rice

as Chamberlain's Secretary

Zdeněk Sedláček

as Jiří Nečas

Aneta Vignerová

as Night Receptionist

Jiří Vyorálek

as Konrad Henlein

Joe Weintraub

as Man With a Gun

Jiří Žaloudek

as Roger