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The Protector

2009 · 98 min

A quietly devastating wartime drama that traps you in moral compromise, its slow-burn tension and emotional weight lingering long after.

Directed by
Marek Najbrt
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jana Plodková, Marek Daniel, Klára Melíšková
Overview
A Czech journalist joins a Prague radio station what broadcasts Nazi propaganda in order to protect his Jewish wife. However, as the Nazi rule over Czechoslovakia calls for more and more collaboration, his relationship with his wife spirals downward.

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Directed by
Marek Najbrt
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jana Plodková, Marek Daniel, Klára Melíšková
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • survival
  • identity
  • isolation
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Marek Najbrt
Written by
Marek Najbrt, Robert Geisler, Benjamin Tuček
Starring
Jana Plodková, Marek Daniel, Klára Melíšková, Sandra Nováková, Jan Budař, Martin Myšička, Tomáš Měcháček
Music
Tomáš Kelar, Prokop Holoubek
Cinematography
Miloslav Holman
Runtime
98 min
Country
Czech Republic
Languages
Czech

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