The Interpreter
80-year-old Ali Ungar comes across a book by a former SS officer describing his wartime activities in Slovakia. He realises his parents were executed by him. He sets out to take revenge but finds instead his 70-year-old son, Georg, a retired teacher. Georg, who had avoided his father all his life, decides to find out more about him and offers Ali to be his interpreter.
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Cast
25 people
Peter Simonischek
Georg Graubner
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Jiří Menzel
Ali Ungár
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Zuzana Mauréry
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The Teacher
Anita Szvrcsek
Jola
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Anna Jakab Rakovská
Truda
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Eva Kramerová
Berta
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Réka Derzsi
Veronika
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Anikó Varga
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Andrej Sebastián Šulík
Ľubomír Burgr
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Karol Šimon
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Judita Hansman
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Martin Šulík Director · Marek Leščák Screenplay Vladimír Godár Composer
Budget $110K · First release February 23, 2018 · Produced in Czechia, Austria, Slovakia
Box office
Budget
$110,433
Production
Coop99 Filmproduktion
Production
Titanic
Production
In Film Praha
Production
RTVS
Production
Česká televize
Production
Coop 99
Production
Titanic s.r.o.
Production
Czechia · Austria · Slovakia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Tlmočník
Original language
Slovak
Spoken on screen
English · German · Russian · Slovak
Release dates
Germany · February 23, 2018
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Slovakia · March 1, 2018
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
March 1, 2018 · Digital
June 22, 2018 · Theatrical
Czechia
March 15, 2018 · Theatrical
August 1, 2018 · Physical
Greece
March 21, 2019 · Theatrical
Russia
June 24, 2019 · Premiere · Moscow Jewish Film Festival
South Korea
November 3, 2020 · Theatrical
Spain
August 14, 2020 · Theatrical
July 13, 2021 · Digital
July 13, 2021 · Physical
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