Orbis Pictus (film)

Orbis Pictus is a 1997 Slovak film, starring Dorota Nvotová, Marián Labuda, Božidara Turzonovová, Július Satinský, Emília Vášáryová and František Kovár. The film, directed by Martin Šulík, won Special Award of the Jury at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg, Germany as the Best Film in 1997. The film was selected as the Slovak entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Plot
After being kicked out of boarding school sixteen-year-old Terezka goes on a fantasy-filled surrealistic journey to find her estranged mother. Along her way to Bratislava, she comes in contact with a mystical and strange cast of characters.

Cast

 * Dorota Nvotová as Terezka
 * as chauffeur
 * Július Satinský as Drusa
 * as bride
 * as father
 * Marián Labuda as Emil
 * Božidara Turzonovová as Marta
 * Emília Vášáryová as mother
 * as Tomáš
 * Mojmír Caban as railroader
 * Ľubica Krkošková as railroader's wife
 * Donato Moriconi as Momo
 * Jakub Ursíny as groom
 * as old woman
 * Róbert Zimermann as Imriško
 * Iveta Malachovská

Additional credits

 * František Lipták - art director
 * Milan Čorba - costume designer
 * Ivan Seifert - sound
 * Anita Hroššová - makeup artist
 * Erik Panák - assistant director
 * Dalibor Michalčík - assistant camera
 * Viktor Fančovič - camera operator
 * Jana Liptáková - script editor
 * Ján Kittler - assistant sound
 * Marek Štryncl - conductor
 * Miroslav Hřebejk - sound mix

Awards

 * Notes
 * A Won Klára Issová for her role of Veronika in Nejasná správa o konci sveta by Juraj Jakubisko. The second nominee included Vilma Cibulková (for her role of in Výchova dívek v Čechách'' by Petr Koliha).