Year of the Devil

Year of the Devil
Directed by	Petr Zelenka
Produced by	Pavel Strnad
Written by	Petr Zelenka
Starring	Jaromír Nohavica, Karel Plíhal, František Černý, Karel Holas & Čechomor group, Jaz Coleman, Jan Prent
Music by	Jaromír Nohavica, Čechomor, Karel Holas
Editing by	David Charap
Studio	Negativ
Release date(s)	2002
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Czech Republic
Language	Czech English Dutch

Year of the Devil (Czech: Rok ďábla) is a 2002 Czech film directed by Petr Zelenka. It stars musicians who act as themselves: Czech folk music band Čechomor, musicians and poets Jaromír Nohavica, Karel Plihal and British musician and composer Jaz Coleman. The soundtrack also includes two pieces by the Killing Joke: Frenzy and Exorcism.

Plot

Dutch documentary film director, Jan Holman, goes to the Czech Republic to make a film about curing alcoholism. At an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting he finds a man named Jaromir Nohavica who becomes his friend. Another friend of Nohavica, Karel Plihal, becomes mute, and Nohavica decides to start a tour with the band Čechomor to help cure him. When Jan Holman follows with his camera in tow, he finds many inexplicable events along the way.

Awards and nominations

It was awarded the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and won the "Findling" Award and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema in 2002. In 2003 it won 6 Czech Lions, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Editing, and was nominated for 5 more, including Best Sceenplay and Best Cinematography. In the same year it won the Prize Trieste at the Trieste Film Festival.

External links

• Official pages of the film (Czech)
• Official pages of the film (English)
• Rok ďábla at the Internet Movie Database