Zátopek to open 55th Karlovy Vary film festival

The much-anticipated biopic Zátopek will open this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in August, the organisers said on Tuesday. David Ondříček’s film about legendary Czech runner Emil Zátopek had been due for release in 2020 but was put back by a year due to the Covid situation.

A number of Czech works are in contention for Karlovy Vary’s Crystal Globe in the main competition, including Bird Atlas by Olmo Omerzu and Václav Kadrnka’s Saving One Who Was Dead.

A special section will feature a selection from Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation, which preserves classic movies.

Jan Němec’s classic A Report on the Party and the Guests is being screened in a freshly restored version.