Hanele
Hanele
Release: 1999-11-04
·Runtime: 92m
·★ 4.3
Drama
Romance
Based on an autobiographical novella by Ivan Olbracht, the film tells the story of Hanele Safarová, who grows up just after the First World War in a little Ruthenian schtetl which, in true Hassidic fashion, awaits the arrival of the Messiah. But Hanele decides to follow the Zionists instead. She moves to the city to prepare for her departure to the Promised Land, where she meets a successful businessman named Ivo Karadzic, who has renounced Judaism to become a free-thinker. Their love for each other doesn’t only drive Hanele’s parents to distraction, it also threatens to destroy the entire community in the schetl.
Production Countries
Czech Republic
Production Companies
Česká televize
Cast
Jan Kraus
as Salamon Fux
Eva Holubová
as Ester Fuxová
Martha Issová
Hana Frejková
Jozef Kubáník
Petr Meissel
Jiří Ornest
as Dad
Milan Lasica
as Grandpa Šafar
Rudolf Kubík
Lenka Svadbíková
Marie Ludvíková
Erik Peťovský
Stanislav Zindulka
as Jid Fajnerman
Martin Hofmann
Miroslav Noga
as Ivo Karadžič
Rudolf Máhrla
as Old Kac
Luděk Munzar
as Narrator (voice)
Táňa Fischerová
as Mom
Lada Jelínková
as Hanele Šafarová
Magdaléna Sidonová
Pavel Rímský
Mikuláš Křen
Alois Švehlík
as Leib Abramovič (voice) (uncredited)
Lucie Žáčková
Daniel Margolius
as Student
Radim Kalvoda
as Benci Fux
Peter Šimun
as Leib Abramovič
Ján Sedal
Hanuš Bor
as Pinches Jakubovič
Václav Chalupa
as Šlojme Kac
Zuzana Fišárková
Jiří Pomeje
as Lieutenant
Dušan Sitek
