Toman (film)

Toman
Czech poster
Directed by Ondřej Trojan
Produced by Ondřej Trojan
Written by Zdeňka Šimandlová, Ondřej Trojan
Starring Jiří Macháček
Music by Michal Novinski
Cinematography Tomáš Sysel
Edited by Vladimír Barák
Production
company
Total HelpArt T.H.A.
Česká televize
PubRes
Distributed by Falcon[1]
Release date
  • 2 August 2018 (2018-08-02)
(Slavonice Film Festival)[2]
4 October 2018 (Czech Republic)
Running time
 145 minutes
Country Czech Republic
Slovakia
Language Czech
Budget 50 million CZK[3]

Toman (also known as Zdeněk Toman) is a 2018 Czech Historical film by Ondřej Trojan. It focuses on Zdeněk Toman who led Czechoslovak intelligence from 1945 to 1948.[4] It premiered at Slavonice Film Festival on 2 August 2018.[5]

Plot

The film follows rise and fall of Zdeněk Toman. Toman who was involved with Czechoslovak government-in-exile during World War II. He returns to Czechoslovakia when the war ends. He becomes repatriation officer in Carpathian Ruthenia. He rises in prominence thanks to his contacts from London. He aligns himself with Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) and helps to gain finances for it. He gains support from Rudolf Slánský who gets him to become head of Czechoslovak Intelligence. Toman then cleanses intelligence from opponents of Communists. When KSČ takes power in 1948, Toman becomes one of the first communist victims of the new regime.

Cast

Production

Zdeňka Šimandlová received request for screenplay about Zdeněk Toman. She worked on it fo 4 years even after the request was taken back. Šimandlová approached Ondřej Trojan with the screenplay in 2010. Trojan became fascinated by the character of Zdeněk Trojn and agreed to make film according to the screenplay.[7] The screenplay was severally modificated to make it more historically accurate.[8][2] Martin Šmok was invited to the production as a history advise to assure historical accuracy of the film.[9]

Trojan started to gather finances for the film. He planned to start filming in 2014 but negotiations with Czech Television took longer than expected. Trojan decided to start when the film had 70% of finances ensured.[10][8]

Filming started on 4 April 2017. It took place in Brdy and later moved to Prague.[11] Some parts were filmed at Barrandov Studios.[12] Shooting finished on 30 October 2017. Director and producer Ondřej Trojan announced that the film is expected to have difficult post-production.[1]

Release

Premiere was scheduled for 12 April 2018 but had to be moved to 4 October 2018 as a result of problematic post-production.[13] The film eventually had a limited premiere for accreditated audience at Slavonice Film Festival. It was distributed for Cinema on 4 October 2018.[2][14]

Reception

The film premiered at Slavonice Film Festival. It received positive reactions and a long ovation from audience.[2] František Fuka published his review on 26 September 2018. He was writing of the film but praised final part of the film.[15] Mirka Spáčilová called Toman a talking Enciclopedia.[16] The film received overally mixed to positive reviews from critics as it holds 62% at Kinobox.cz.[17]

References

  1. 1 2 "Producent a režisér Trojan dokončil natáčení dalšího filmu Toman, premiéra se asi odsune". www.borovan.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Drama Toman režiséra Trojana odměnili diváci dlouhým potleskem". www.ceskenoviny.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Režisér a producent Trojan začal točit film o komunistickém rozvědčíkovi Tomanovi". www.borovan.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Buď zdráv, soudruhu, zdraví Macháček. Hraje nepohodlného komunistu Tomana". iDNES.cz. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Čtvrtý film Ondřeje Trojana je o kontroverzní osobě Zdeňka Tomana. Do kin půjde v říjnu". Lidovky.cz (in Czech). 31 July 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Senátor Kubera si odskočil k filmu, hraje v něm prezidenta Beneše". iDNES.cz. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  7. ↑ Hromádková, Tereza (9 June 2017). "Ondřej Trojan: S filmem o Tomanovi bych se chtěl ještě jednou podívat do Hollywoodu". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Tajný příběh jednoho českého špiona". Deník.cz (in Czech). 1 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Zdeněk Toman, kšeftař v rudých barvách. K nejmocnějším v ČSR patřil tři roky". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  10. ↑ www.pro-idea.cz, Pro-idea s.r.o. /. "Toman: The Story of a Ruthless Communist". www.filmcenter.cz. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Macháček utíká přes hranice. Odstartovalo natáčení dobové rekonstrukce o Zdeňku Tomanovi". Kinobox.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "Trojan natočil film o rozvědčíkovi Tomanovi, který sháněl peníze na puč z roku 1948". Aktuálně.cz - Víte, co se právě děje (in Czech). 1 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "Producent Trojan nestíhá postprodukci historického filmu Toman, premiéra se posouvá o půl roku". www.borovan.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "Představení Toman". Festival Slavonice. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  15. ↑ "Recenze: Toman - 50%". www.fffilm.name (in Czech). Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  16. ↑ "RECENZE: Mluvící encyklopedie, kde je Toman jen jedna tvář na schůzi". iDNES.cz. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  17. ↑ kinobox.cz, team at. "Toman". Kinobox.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 October 2018.
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