Služobníci
Servants

Samuel Skyva, Samuel Polakovič
Služobníci | Servants by Ivan Ostrochovský
SVK, ROU, CZE, IRL 2020, Encounters
© Juraj Chlpík/ Punkchart films

Samuel Skyva, Tomáš Turek
Služobníci | Servants by Ivan Ostrochovský
SVK, ROU, CZE, IRL 2020, Encounters
© Juraj Chlpík/ Punkchart films

Samuel Skyva, Vlad Ivanov
Služobníci | Servants by Ivan Ostrochovský
SVK, ROU, CZE, IRL 2020, Encounters
© Juraj Chlpík/ Punkchart films

Milan Mikulčík
Služobníci | Servants by Ivan Ostrochovský
SVK, ROU, CZE, IRL 2020, Encounters
© Juraj Chlpík/ Punkchart films

Michal Paulovský, Svätozár Rúžička, Marián Púčik
Služobníci | Servants by Ivan Ostrochovský
SVK, ROU, CZE, IRL 2020, Encounters
© Juraj Chlpík/ Punkchart films
With
- Samuel Skyva (Juraj)
- Samuel Polakovič (Michal)
- Vlad Ivanov (Doctor Ivan)
- Vladimír Strnisko (Dean)
- Milan Mikulčík (Spiritual)
- Tomáš Turek (Ductor)
- Vladimír Zboroň (Secretary)
- Martin Šulík (Physician)
- Vladimír Obšil (Coufar)
- Zvonko Lakčević (Secret policeman)
Crew
Director | Ivan Ostrochovský |
Screenplay | Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Marek Leščák, Ivan Ostrochovský |
Cinematography | Juraj Chlpík |
Editing | Jan Daňhel, Martin Malo, Maroš Šlapeta |
Music | Miroslav Tóth, Cristian Lolea |
Sound Design | Miroslav Tóth, Michal Novinski |
Sound | Tobiáš Potočný |
Costumes | Katarína Hollá |
Make-Up | Lukáš Král |
Assistant Director | Pavol Pekarčík, Slavo Zrebný, Martin Malo |
Casting | Pavol Pekarčík |
Production Manager | Jana Koršová, Pavel Vácha |
Producers | Ivan Ostrochovský, Albert Malinovský, Katarína Tomková |
Executive Producer | Albert Malinovský |
Co-Producers | Oana Bujgoi Giurgiu, Tudor Giurgiu, Ivana Kurincová, Petr Oukropec, Pavel Strnad, Sam Taylor, Mike Downey, Marek Urban |
Co-Production |
POINT FILM Bukarest Radio and Television of Slovakia Bratislava NEGATIV Prag Film and Music Entertainment Dublin Libra Film Productions Bukarest Hai Hui Entertainment Bukarest sentimentalfilm Bratislava |
World Sales
Produced by
Punkchart films

Group photo
At the premiere.
Služobníci · Encounters · Feb 24, 2020

Samuel Polakovič, Samuel Skyva, Vladimír Zboroň, Ivan Ostrochovský, Vlad Ivanov, Zvonko Lakčević
The film team.
Služobníci · Encounters · Feb 24, 2020

Vlad Ivanov, Ivan Ostrochovský
The actor and his director at the premiere.
Služobníci · Encounters · Feb 24, 2020

Mark Peranson, Ivan Ostrochovský, Carlo Chatrian
The director (middle) with the Head of Programming (left) and the Artistic Director (right).
Služobníci · Encounters · Feb 24, 2020

Carlo Chatrian, Ivan Ostrochovský
The Artistic Director dressed fittingly for the film.
Služobníci · Encounters · Feb 24, 2020

Carlo Chatrian, Ivan Ostrochovský
The Artistic Director examines the garment.
Služobníci · Encounters · Feb 24, 2020

Group photo
The film team.
Služobníci · Encounters · Feb 24, 2020

Mike Downey, Ivan Ostrochovský
The co-producer and the director familiar at the Photo Call.
Služobníci · Encounters · Feb 24, 2020

Ivan Ostrochovský, Carlo Chatrian
The director with the Artistic Director.
Služobníci · Encounters · Feb 24, 2020
Director's Talk with Ivan Ostrochovský
Služobníci | Servants
Encounters · Berlinale Meets | Interview · Feb 25, 2020
Ivan Ostrochovský

Born in 1972 in Žilina, Slovakia, he studied documentary directing and worked as a director and producer in Bratislava. After making several short documentaries and series, he directed his first feature-length documentary, Velvet Terrorists, which premiered at the 2014 Berlinale and won several awards. His debut fiction feature film, Koza, screened at the Berlinale in 2015, received various awards and was selected as Slovakia’s 2016 Oscar entry.
Filmography (selection)
2010 Ilja; Short Documentary 2012 Celluloid Country; TV Documentary Series 2013 Zamatoví teroristi (Velvet Terrorists) 2014 Pavol Šimai; TV Documentary Series / episode 2015 Koza · Garda (The Guard); TV Documentary 2020 Služobníci (Servants)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2020