Catalogue of Films

Broken Voices

Crystal Globe Competition / Sbormistr / Czech Republic, Slovak Republic 2025

Synopsis

It’s the early 1990s and 13-year-old Karolína, a gifted novice singer, is given the chance to become a member of a world-famous girls’ choir, taking her place alongside her older sister and her other rivals in the ensemble. Everything points to the fact that Karolína’s exceptional talent has caught the attention of the formidable and much admired choirmaster. This highly anticipated psychological drama calls to mind not only the notorious case of Bambini di Praga, but also other devastating situations involving the clash of innocence and abusive authority. In a work entirely free of sensationalism, Provazník demonstrates focused humility and extraordinary sensitivity towards his fledgling actors as he depicts an exclusive world, in which desirable prestige goes hand in hand with premature coming of age.

Karel Och

About the film

104 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Ondřej Provazník / Screenplay Ondřej Provazník / Dir. of Photography Lukáš Milota / Music Pjoni, Aid Kid / Sound Juraj Mravec, František Šec / Editor Anna Johnson Ryndová / Art Director Irena Hradecká / Producer Jiří Konečný, Ivan Ostrochovský / Production Endorfilm / Coproduction Punkchart films, Česká televize, Innogy, Barrandov Studio / Cast Kateřina Falbrová, Juraj Loj, Maya Kintera, Zuzana Šulajová, Marek Cisovský, Ivana Wojtylová, Anna Michalcová, Anežka Novotná, Markéta Kühnová / Contact endorfilm / Distributor CinemArt, a.s.

About the director

Ondřej Provazník (1978, Prague). Selected filmography: A Town Called Hermitage (Poustevna, das ist Paradies, 2007, doc., co-dir. with Martin Dušek), Old-Timers (Staříci, 2019, co-dir. with Martin Dušek), Broken Voices (Sbormistr, 2025).

Contacts

endorfilm
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Czech Republic
Phone: +420 241 730 780
E-mail: [email protected]

CinemArt, a.s.
Národní 60/28, 111 21, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 224 949 110
E-mail: [email protected]