Special Screenings / Vyvolený / Czech Republic, Poland, Romania 2026
“Puppeteer, tell us a story we don’t know yet!” the audience calls out to a traveling thespian. And so he starts to recount a story about a boy born of the forbidden love between brother and sister, who had many adventures, who spent seventeen years tied to a rock, and who perhaps was also… a hedgehog? But that’s not as important as how, after overcoming all these obstacles, he ended up becoming the pope. Young Gregorius (excellently portrayed by Jan František Uher) is a charming mix of naivete and determination, and it is a pure joy to watch his wanderings through mythical lands. Director Tomasz Mielnik’s wild, absurd comedy is based on the final novel by Thomas Mann.
Anna Kořínek
90 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Tomasz Mielnik
/ Screenplay Tomasz Mielnik
/ Dir. of Photography Jan Šuster
/ Music Martin Klusák
/ Sound Michaela Patríková, David Titěra
/ Editor Šimon Hájek
/ Art Director Zuzana Mazáčová, Tereza Thérová, Marek Brožek
/ Producer Mikuláš Novotný
/ Production Background Films s.r.o.
/ Coproduction Mozaika Films, deFilm, Magiclab
/ Cast Jan František Uher, Miroslav Donutil, Petr Uhlík, Kristýna Boková, Petr Marek, Eliška Křenková, Marian Moštík, Michal Dalecký, Leona Skleničková, Ondřej Volejník, Martin Dejdar
/ Contact Background Films
www: @vyvoleny_film
Tomasz Mielnik. Filmography: Holka 180 (2010, short), Cesta do Říma (2015), Gregorius, the Chosen One (Vyvolený, 2026).
Background Films
Kubelíkova 22, 130 05, Praha 3
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 777 910 290
E-mail: [email protected]
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