Directed by:
Mariana Čengel SolčanskáScreenplay:
Mariana Čengel SolčanskáCinematography:
Laco JanošťákComposer:
Vladimír MartinkaCast:
Rebeka Poláková, Maroš Kramár, Milan Ondrík, Dano Heriban, Milan Mikulčík, Ingrid Timková, Dávid Hartl, Vladislav Plevčík, Ján Greššo, Tomáš Hanák, Juraj Hrčka (more)Plots(1)
Set in the mid-1990s, the political thriller Kidnapping captures the circumstances surrounding a reallife scandal – the abduction of the president's son, Michal Kováč Jr. The noirish crime thriller recounts a time of political power struggle, when representatives of the state had no scruples about misusing secret services or government authorities to fulfil their aims, even going so far as to involve the criminal underworld in their nefarious practices. This ill-famed era gave rise to a number of suspicious acts and unsolved murders, which were swept under the rug by the prime minister when, as acting president, he declared his infamous amnesties. Casting well-known Slovak actors, director Mariana Čengel Solčanská brings the main players in these events back to centre stage. The suspenseful atmosphere and riveting plot are compounded by the chilling realization that this is a story about real people with real fates and human tragedies that remain uninvestigated to this day. (Art Film Fest)
(more)Cast
Rebeka Poláková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Gazdova krv (2014) (theatrical recording)
Tolstoj a peniaze (2016) (theatrical recording)
MIKI (2024)
Maroš Kramár
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Chrobák v hlave (2014) (theatrical recording)
Život bez konca (1982) (series)
Eygletiérovci (1986) (TV movie)
Milan Ondrík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Všetko za národ (2011) (theatrical recording)
Polnočná omša (2015) (theatrical recording)
Statky zmätky (2009) (theatrical recording)
Dano Heriban
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Polnočná omša (2015) (theatrical recording)
Mizantrop (2011) (theatrical recording)
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Milan Mikulčík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Control (2003)
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Ingrid Timková
Czechoslovakia
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Staroružová dráma (1989) (TV movie)
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Dávid Hartl
Slovakia
Best movies:
Jozef Mak (2021) (TV movie)
Broken Promise (2009)
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Vladislav Plevčík
Czechoslovakia
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Kidnapping (2017)
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Over Fingers (2019)
Ján Greššo
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Louis Pasteur (1977) (TV movie)
Nepokojná láska (1975) (series)
Naši synovia (1975) (series)
Tomáš Hanák
Czechoslovakia
Juraj Hrčka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kukura (2014) (theatrical recording)
Želary (2003)
Adam Šangala (2005) (theatrical recording)
Eva Pavlíková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Raz, dva, tri (1985) (TV movie)
Všetko za národ (2011) (theatrical recording)
Statky zmätky (2009) (theatrical recording)
Mariana Čengel Solčanská
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kidnapping (2017)
Jakub Rybárik
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Statky zmätky (2009) (theatrical recording)
Once Upon a Time in the East (2024)
Kidnapping (2017)
Peter Oszlík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Všetko za národ (2011) (theatrical recording)
Broken Promise (2009)
Muzika (2007)
Boris Farkaš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kucapaca alebo Obnovenie poriadku (1989) (TV movie)
Portrét Doriana Graya (1987) (TV movie)
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Ady Hajdu
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Henrich IV. (1987) (theatrical recording)
Romulus Veľký (1992) (TV movie)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Monika Potokárová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Filthy (2017)
Kidnapping (2017)
Juraj Ďurdiak
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tiene v raji (1986) (TV movie)
The Prince and the Evening Star (1978)
Smrť šitá na mieru (1979)
Marko Igonda
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Krev zmizelého (2006) (series)
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)