Broken Promise
2009 · Movie · TV-14 · 135 min · ★ 6.1 · 81% critics
Slovakia, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. The family of the young Jewish Martin Friedmann gathers to celebrate his bar mitzvah and make a solemn promise that they will all meet again a year later around the same table; but the storms of war and anti-Semitic fanaticism will lead each of them down very different paths.
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Details
- Original title
- Nedodržaný sľub
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-04-30
- Language
- SK
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (15 votes)
Themes
- based on novel or book
- holocaust (shoah)
- world war ii
- jew persecution
- czechoslovakia
- bratislava, slovakia
- based on true story
- antisemitism
- holocaust (shoah) survivor
- based on memoir or autobiography
- nazi collaborationism
- jewish culture
- +3 more
Cast & crew
Samuel Spišák
as Martin
Ina Gogálová
as Mrs. Friedmannová
Ondřej Vetchý
as Mr. Friedmann
Marián Slovák
as Rabbi
Vlado Černý
as Doctor Fehér
Ivan Romančík
as Shoemaker Feldman
Roman Luknár
as Commander Vózar
Peter Oszlík
as Vilo
Sergej Sanža
as Cézar
- JS
Juraj Sadílek
as Fred Mahler
Directed by Jiří Chlumský