I, Olga

Já, Olga Hepnarová

In 1973, 22-year-old Olga Hepnarová drove a truck through a crowd of people on a Prague street, killing eight and injuring twelve. Captured immediately, she dismissed any legal defense and literally invited the death penalty, becoming the last woman executed in former Czechoslovakia. A stylish submersion into the dark and mazy corridors of a fragile soul tormented by a life of constant abuse and contempt. A hypnotic story of sadness and madness, garnished with subtle compositions, an austere black and white cinematography and a melancholic aura.
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Direction: Tomáš Weinreb
Co-direction: Petr Kazda
Script: Roman Cílek, Tomáš Weinreb, Petr Kazda
Cinematography: Adam Sikora
Editing: Vojtěch Frič
Sound: Richard Müller
Actors: Michalina Olszanska, Martin Pechlát, Klára Melísková
Production: Black Balance, Media Brigade, Alef film and media group, love.frame
Producers: Vojtěch Frič, Sylwester Banaszkiewicz, Marcin Kurek, Marian Urban, Tomáš Weinreb, Petr Kazda
Co-production: Odra-film, Spoon, Barrandov Studios, Michael Samuelson lighting Prague, Famu, Arizona Productions
Art Direction: Alexandr Kozák
Costumes: Aneta Grnáková
Format: DCP
Color: B&W
Production Country: Czech Republic, Poland, Slovak Republic, France
Production Year: 2016
Duration: 106΄
Distribution in Greece: Filmboy
Awards/Distinctions: Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress –Czech Lions 2017, Best Film (New Europe – New Names Competition) – Vilnius IFF 2016, Best Female Performance – Art FF 2016

Tomáš Weinreb

The Czech creative duo consisting of Tomáš Weinreb and Petr Kazda is involved in co-writing scripts and co-directing film projects. Both studied at Prague’s FAMU: Kazda focused on Screenwriting, while Weinreb specialized in Documentary Film. Together, they have shot several student films and written feature scripts, and went on to found their own production outfit, Black Balance. I, Olga is their feature debut.

Filmography

2006 Zatmení | Eclipse (short)
2009 Vsechno Je Sracka (doc)
2016 Já, Olga Hepnarová | I, Olga

Petr Kazda

Filmography

2016 Já, Olga Hepnarová | I, Olga