The award-winning Old Believers (2001), made over a period of five years, documents the life of a strongly religious community in the Danube Delta where time seems to stand still.
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Part of Ruthenian Trilogy
3 films
Cast
5 people
Jana Ševčíková Director · Jaromír Kačer Cinematographer Lucie Haladová Editor
United States release April 5, 2005 · Produced in Czechia · Original title Starověrci
Production
Czechia
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Languages
Original title
Starověrci
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Czechia · October 28, 2001
Premiere · Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
Czechia · November 1, 2002
Theatrical
United States · April 5, 2005
Premiere · Chicago International Documentary Film Festival
Czechia
April 16, 2002 · Premiere · One World Film Festival
July 9, 2002 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
December 1, 2002 · Limited theatrical · Film clubs only
October 30, 2021 · Premiere · Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
May 14, 2026 · Theatrical
Germany
November 10, 2001 · Premiere · Mannheim Film Festival
Poland
May 1, 2002 · Cracow Film Festival
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