The Don Juans
- 27 August 2013 (2013-08-27) (Montreal IFF)
- 26 September 2013 (2013-09-26) (Czech Republic)
The Don Juans (Czech: Donšajni, also known as Skirt Chasers) is a 2013 Czech comedy film directed by Jiří Menzel. The film was selected as the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,[1] but it was not nominated. Originally Agnieszka Holland's mini-series Burning Bush had been selected to represent the Czech Republic.[2][3] However AMPAS disqualified the film, citing regulations that the film must not have initially appeared on television. The mini-series aired on Czech TV eight months prior to the re-edited version that appeared in cinemas.[4] The Don Juans was a controversial pick as members of the Czech Film Academy did not see the film before it was chosen and because the film was poorly received by Czech critics.[5][6]
Plot summary
Cast
- Jan Hartl as Vítek
- Libuše Šafránková as Markétka
- Martin Huba as Jakub
- Jiřina Jirásková as Jiřina
- Ivana Chýlková as Adélka
- Jan Jirán as Conductor
- Václav Kopta as Otto
- Eva Josefíková as young Markétka
- Václav Jílek as young Jakub
See also
- List of submissions to the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Czech submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ "A Few Controversies Amid a Record Number of Foreign-Language Oscar Entries". New York Times. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ "Oscars: Czechs Choose HBO's 'Burning Bush' for Foreign Language Category". Hollywood Reporter. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ^ "Czechs enter Burning Bush to Oscars". Screen Daily. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ^ "Academy Disqualifies Burning Bush". Film New Europe. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "Hořící keř neprošel přes právníky, Oscara si nárokuje nepovedený "Menzel"". Reflex.cz. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ "Překvapení se nekoná: Donšajni o Oscara bojovat nebudou". Kinobox.cz. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
External links
- The Don Juans at IMDb
- The Don Juans at AllMovie
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- Crime in a Music Hall (1968)
- Capricious Summer (1968)
- Larks on a String (1969)
- Who Looks for Gold? (1974)
- Seclusion Near a Forest (1976)
- Those Wonderful Movie Cranks (1979)
- Cutting It Short (1980)
- The Snowdrop Festival (1984)
- My Sweet Little Village (1985)
- The End of Old Times (1989)
- Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (1994)
- I Served the King of England (2006)
- The Don Juans (2013)
- CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel (2018 documentary)