Ivan Vodochodský

18’nci yüzyıl İngilteresi. Britanya Krallığı’nın prensesi olan Caroline Mathilde (Alicia Vikander), Danimarka kralı Christian (Mikkel Boe Folsgaard) ile birbirlerini henüz görmedikleri halde görücü usülü evlendirilmişlerdir. Caroline, Danimarka’ya gittiğinde ülkede baskıcı bir rejimin hüküm sürdüğünü ve soylu rahiplerin yönetimi ele geçirdiğini fark eder. Öte yandan hafiften çılgın olan kralla başlarda anlaşamayan Caroline, kralın Avrupa seyahati sırasında tanıştığı ve saraya getirdiği doktor olan Johann Struensee’yle (Mads Mikkelsen) büyük ve yasak bir aşk yaşamaya başlar. Aydınlanma döneminin başladığı o vakitlerde yeni ve özgürlükçü görüşlerden etkilenip bunların savunucusu olan Caroline ve Johann’ın sarayda çeşitli iftiralara maruz kalıp hazin sonlarını hazırladıklarından haberleri yoktur.

Three years after the fall of the Berlin Wall; six months before the split of Czechoslovakia. Despite all warnings, a young homicide detective sets on investigating a convoluted case that involves Catholic clerical elite and high-ranked agents of the former secret service.

Young man in the prison is obsessed with a singer who is to perform in a new musical its director is currently auditioning for. He escapes and through complex and often very funny series of events ends up being the main star of the musical, only to be discovered by the police the day before the premiere...OK, enough spoilers! The story keeps going on... Lots of great dialogs, awesome music and singing, and ever-twisting story (plus, the parallels between the play's script and the real story) makes this one of the most enjoyable Czech movies I've seen in years (and I've seen many)! Definitely check it out if you like comedy, drama, musicals, and theater.

The movie is based on the narrative of a Czech multimillionaire who achieved success not by stripping companies, making crooked deals and crony-ism, but by blazing his own trail like Schweikesque self-made man. He realizes early on that he has nobody but himself to rely on. During the totalitarian regime of the 80s, he ambles along his oddball path and then experiences the Velvet Revolution atypically, too - in an asylum amidst nut-cases. After the Revolution, he really gets rolling. To Germany and back. To prison and back. To China and back. The intriguing and endless opportunities afforded by the Internet eventually blossom into virtual prosperity. The hero has everything and is even planning a highly unorthodox family. A happy ending is nigh, until everything goes up in smoke, of course...