Old-Timers

2019 Czech film

Old-Timers

Directed by| Martin Dušek, Ondřej Provazník
Screenplay by| Martin Dušek, Ondřej Provazník
Starring| Jiří Schmitzer, Ladislav Mrkvička
Cinematography| Lukáš Milota
Music by| Matouš Hejl, Miroslav Srnka

Production
company

Česká televize

Release date

* 17 October 2019 (2019-10-17)[1]

Running time

| 85 minutes
Country| Czech Republic
Language| Czech
Budget| 30 Million CZK[2]

Old-Timers (Czech title Staříci) is a 2019 Czech thriller starring Jiří Schmitzer and Ladislav Mrkvička. It was directed by Martin Dušek and Ondřej Provazník.[3]

## Plot

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Vlastimil Reiner returns to the Czech Republic from Oregon. He meets with his old friend Antonín and together they plan to murder an elderly former Communist prosecutor who evaded punishment for his crimes under the Communist regime.[4]

## Cast

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* Jiří Schmitzer as Vlastimil Reiner
* Ladislav Mrkvička as Antonín
* Dušan Kaprálik
* Michal Suchánek
* Přemysl Bureš
* Karel Jirák
* Marika Procházková
* Pavel Batěk

## Reception

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The film received generally positive reviews. It holds 68% on Kinobox as of March 2020.[5]

Jiří Schmitzer and Ladislav Mrkvička have won the Main Trilobit Award for their performance in Old-Timers.[6] Old-Timers was also nominated for 5 Czech Film Critics' Awards and 10 Czech Lion Awards.[7][8]

Year  | Event  | Award  | Category  | Recipient(s)  | Result  | Ref(s)

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2020
Trilobit Awards 2020  | Trilobit Award  | Main award  | Jiří Schmitzer and Ladislav Mrkvička | Won  | [9]
9th Czech Film Critics' Awards | Czech Film Critics' Award  | Best Film  | Old-Timers  | Won  | [10]
Best Director  | Martin Dušek and Ondřej Provazník  | Won
Best Screenplay  | Martin Dušek and Ondřej Provazník  | Nominated
Best actor  | Jiří Schmitzer  | Won
Ladislav Mrkvička  | Nominated
27th Czech Lion Awards | Czech Lion Award | Best film  | Old-Timers  | Nominated  | [11]
Best Director  | Martin Dušek and Ondřej Provazník  | Nominated
Best Actor in a Leading Role  | Jiří Schmitzer | Won
Best Actor in a Supporting Role  | Ladislav Mrkvička | Won
Best Screenplay  | Martin Dušek, Ondřej Provazník  | Nominated
Best Cinematography  | Lukáš Milota  | Nominated
Best Editing  | Jana Vlčková  | Nominated
Best Sound  | Václav Flegl  | Nominated
Best Music  | Matouš Hejl, Miroslav Srnka  | Nominated
Makeup and Hairstyling  | Eva Schwarzová  | Nominated
33rd Finále Plzeň Film Festival | Golden Kingfisher  | Best feature live action or animated film  | Old-Timers  | TBA | [12]

## References

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1. ^ kinobox.cz, team at. "Trailer: Staříci Schmitzer a Mrkvička trestají zločiny z 50. let". Kinobox.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 19 October 2019.
2. ^ "České projekty na Pitch & Feedback 2017". www.filmcenter.cz. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
3. ^ "Vysoký věk není žádná legrace. Staříci jsou silné vyprávění o dvou mužích a pomstě". Lidovky.cz (in Czech). 18 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
4. ^ "Recenze: Staříci - 90%". FFFilm (in Czech). Retrieved 19 October 2019.
5. ^ kinobox.cz, team at. "Staříci". Kinobox.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 March 2020.
6. ^ "Ceny Trilobit získali herci Schmitzer a Mrkvička, pro sošku z Kanady přiletěl Pucholt". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 25 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
7. ^ "O Ceny české filmové kritiky se přetahují Vlastníci a Staříci". ČT24 (in Czech). Česká televize. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
8. ^ "Nominace Českého lva si přivlastnili Vlastníci. Dost zbylo i na Nabarvené ptáče a Staříky". ČT24 (in Czech). Česká televize. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
9. ^ "Ceny Trilobit mají Most! i herci Staříků, anticeny hned tři moderátoři". iDNES.cz. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
10. ^ "Filmoví kritici nominovali snímky Staříci a Vlastníci, oba mohou získat pět sošek". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 2 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
11. ^ "Nejvíc nominací na Českého lva mají filmy Vlastníci a Nabarvené ptáče". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 15 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
12. ^ "Detail - Finále Plzeň - Film festival". www.festivalfinale.cz. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

## External links

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* Old-Timers at IMDb

*[Ref(s)]: Reference(s)
*[TBA]: To be announced