Champion
Original Title
Šampion / Nepela- Director: Jakub Cervenka
- Writer: Jakub Cervenka, Nina Morgenstein
- Producer: Jakub Cervenka, Ludek Valchár
CGiii Comment
A feature film depicting the critical 24 hours in the life of the famous Slovak figure skater Ondrej Nepela; intense and intimate personal drama of a young man, who, after years of dutiful representation of his totalitarian homeland longs to leave the golden cage of Czechoslovakia and become free. He wants to live and love without fear, that the revelation of his sexual orientation will make him a deviant and destroy everything he dedicated his life to. However, the regime strengthens its pressure on him in the moment of his highest vulnerability, using the dirtiest methods to make Ondrej conform to its cruel ultimatum.
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Cast & Characters
Adam Kubala ... Ondrej Nepela
Jana Nagyová ... Hilda Mudra
Karel Dobrý
Gabriela Marcinková
Martin Klincúch
Roman Luknár
Peter Bebjak
Milo Král
Jozef Vajda
Daniel Fischer
Cyril Dobrý
Martina Jindrová
Peter Kocis
Ela Lehotská
Kamil Mikulcík
Svato Malachovský
Adela Dukatova
Kristyna Spackova