Broken Promise
6.7
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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Cast
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Samuel Spišák
Martin
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Jan Monczka
mistr v lágru
Ina Gogálová
Mrs. Friedmannová
Known for
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Ondřej Vetchý
Mr. Friedmann
Known for
Dark Blue World
Kolya
Marián Slovák
Rabbi
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Vlado Černý
Doctor Fehér
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Búrlivé víno
Ivan Romančík
Shoemaker Feldman
Known for
Eden and After
Roman Luknár
Commander Vózar
Known for
A Good Day to Die Hard
Peter Oszlík
Vilo
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Duch
Pumpa
Sergej Sanža
Cézar
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Moloch
Policie Hvar
Juraj Sadílek
Fred Mahler
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Ivan Krivosudský
Old Martin (voice)
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Na baňu klopajú
Jiří Chlumský Director · Jan Novák Screenplay Martin Friedmann-Petrásek Author
Budget $2M · United States release April 25, 2009 · Produced in Czechia, Slovakia, United States
Box office
Budget
$1,990,111
Production
Genta Film
Production
Studio 727
Production
JPEF
Production
Česká televize
Production
Slovenská televízia
Production
SPI International
Production
Alena Nováková
Production
Ivan Hronec
Production
Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation
Production
Ministerstvo kultury SR
Production
SPI International Central Europe
Production
Czechia · Slovakia · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Nedodržaný sľub
Original language
Slovak
Spoken on screen
German · Hebrew · Polish · Russian · Slovak
Release dates
United States · April 25, 2009
Premiere · Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival
Slovakia · April 30, 2009
Theatrical
Brazil
September 16, 2021 · Digital · Prime Video
Czechia
June 4, 2009 · Theatrical
July 5, 2009 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
France
May 9, 2010 · Premiere · EuroCine 27
Germany
January 27, 2015 · Physical
Poland
November 10, 2009 · Premiere · Warsaw Jewish Film Festival
April 21, 2020 · Premiere · Jewish Motifs Film Festival
Slovakia
April 27, 2009 · Premiere · Bratislava
South Korea
October 10, 2009 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
Spain
July 5, 2010 · Premiere · Barcelona Jewish Film Festival
Sweden
January 31, 2010 · Premiere · Göteborg International Film Festival
United Kingdom
September 17, 2012 · Theatrical
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