Zátopek

Zátopek (2021)

Autumn 1968, the Australian running record holder Ron Clarke is coming to Prague, hoping that his old friend and role model, Emil Zátopek, the most famous Czech athlete of all time, will help him overcome the biggest crisis of his career.

Date of release
2021-08-26
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (22)
Runtime
2h 11m
Genres
Drama
Director
David Ondříček

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Stadion Za Lužánkami, Stadion Evžena Rošického, and Stromovka
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: Best feature film

Zátopek is a 2021 biographical drama film about Emil Zátopek co-written, co-produced and directed by David Ondříček, starring Václav Neužil. It was selected as the Czech entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated

Production

David Ondříček came up with an idea for the film in 2007 and started to work on the screenplay and started to prepare the film after he finished Dukla 61. In 2015, Ondříček started to gather finances for the film and submitted application for a grant from Czech State Fund for Cinematography but was twice rejected.

Shooting started on 29 April 2019 at Březnice stadium near Příbram. Scenes shot there with the main actors also included around 150 extras and were considered one of the most cost complicated in the film due to number of people.

Main parts of the film were shot from August 2019. Crew were shooting on various athletic areas such as Riegrovy sady or Za Lužánkami Stadium which served as replacement for London Olympic Stadium and the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. The stadium had to be adjusted for the shooting. Shooting concluded in November 2019.

First trailer for the film was released on 30 December 2019.

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