The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider backdrop

The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider 2008 Directed by Piro Milkani Smutek paní Šnajderové

It is 1961 and an Albanian student (Nik Xhelilaj) of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, together with a group of Czech students, is shooting his graduate movie on a motorcycle factory, in the small market-town of Český Šternberk, in then Czechoslovakia. Coming from a country that is completely isolated from the rest of Europe, he is fascinated by the lifestyle, society and "erotic exuberance" of the Czech golden youth, yet feeling strong links with his family in his homeland. He falls in love with a married woman (Anna Geislerová), the wife of a police superintendent (Paolo Buglioni) and is insecure about his future.

Language Czech
Spoken Languages Albanian , Czech
Gneres Drama , Romance
Production Company Studio FÁMA 92
Release Date 13 March 2008
104 mins
Cast
Nik Xhelilaj Lekë Seriani
Anna Geislerová Jana Šnajderová
Bára Štěpánová Růžičková
Tomáš Töpfer František Piskáček
Michele Placido Šternberk
Arta Dobroshi Ema Jirásková
Paolo Buglioni Šnajder
Edita Frantesová Šternberková
Niko Kanxheri zeměměřič
Fatmir Hysi albánský student
Violeta Manushi výčepní
Nevila Hysi sekretářka albánského velvyslanectví
Jakub Jech Viktor
Alena Kubálková sekretářka v továrně
Jan Růžička zeměměřič
Monika Kvasničková zeměměřička
Otta Tesař číšník
Jiří Hanč zeměměřič
Michaela Kundelová dívka v sauně
Marcela Vovsová dívka v sauně
Jana Rabová dívka v sauně
Hana Baroňová dívka v sauně
Lorenc Hysi albánský velvyslanec