14-08-2017

PRODUCTION: Marek Najbrt in Production with Fairy Tale The Magic Quill

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    The Magic Quill by Marek Najbrt The Magic Quill by Marek Najbrt photo: Punk Film, Marek Novotný

    PRAGUE: Marek Najbrt, the author of Blanik Office, a series aired on the internet and a big succes in the Czech Republic, is currently in production with the Czech/Slovak coproduction The Magic Quill / Čertí brko, a fairy tale starring Judit Bárdos and Jan Cina.

    Robert Geisler and Tomáš Hodan penned a classic tale about a friendly hell, a beautiful innkeeper, a sluggard who wants to get rich too quickly, corrupt counsellors and a young devil, who eventually saves everybody and earns the affection of his beloved one. The story teaches us that those who want to cancel hell do not mean well and that we all must work hard to deserve our place in heaven.

    The film is produced by Ondřej Beránek and Martin Hůlovec through Punk Film in coproduction with Patrik Pašš through Slovakia’s Trigon Production and also with the Czech Television, Michal Bauer, the Barrandov Studio, RTVS and the Magic Lab. The budget of approximately 2.3 m EUR / 60 m CZK is supported by the Czech State Cinematography Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund and Eurimages.

    Shooting started on 31 July and is expected to wrap on 15 September 2017. Shooting takes place on location in the Czech Republic, with some additional days in Slovakia.

    The distributor Falcon plans the theatrical release for November 2018.

    Production Information:

    Punk Film
    www.punkfilm.cz
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    Trigon Production
    http://trigon-production.sk/

    Czech Television
    http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/
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    RTVS
    www.rtvs.sk
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    Magic Lab
    www.magiclab.cz
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    Barrandov Studio
    www.barrandov.cz
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    Credits:

    Director: Marek Najbrt
    Scriptwriter: Robert Geisler, Tomáš Hodan
    DoP: Martin Žiaran
    Cast: Judit Bárdos, Jan Cina, Ondřej Vetchý, Marián Geišberg, Jan Budař, Tomáš Jeřábek, Jan Maryško, Marek Daniel, Jana Plodková