Nepela

Nepela

2025
1h 40min

The film captures a period in the life of figure skater Ondrej Nepela, when in 1972 he returns with a gold medal from the Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo, marking the peak of his sporting career. At home, he is greeted not only with fame but also with the realities of the communist regime. Everyone treats him like a celebrity, but the sensitive Ondrej longs above all for an escape from this uncomfortable golden cage. He wants to live freely and in harmony with who he feels he truly is. Yet at the last moment, his promised chance to leave for a professional ice revue is forbidden, and he is ordered to compete in another World Championship. Disappointed, Nepela must find new motivation and also come to terms with the tragic death of his best friend, figure skater Hana Mašková.

Nepela

Storyline

The film captures a period in the life of figure skater Ondrej Nepela, when in 1972 he returns with a gold medal from the Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo, marking the peak of his sporting career. At home, he is greeted not only with fame but also with the realities of the communist regime. Everyone treats him like a celebrity, but the sensitive Ondrej longs above all for an escape from this uncomfortable golden cage. He wants to live freely and in harmony with who he feels he truly is. Yet at the last moment, his promised chance to leave for a professional ice revue is forbidden, and he is ordered to compete in another World Championship. Disappointed, Nepela must find new motivation and also come to terms with the tragic death of his best friend, figure skater Hana Mašková.
    Released
    30 October 2025
    Runtime
    1h 40min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    Slovak
    Production
    Punkchart films, Cinetim, InFilm, Azyl Production
Cast
Josef Trojan
Josef Trojan
Ondrej Nepela
Zuzana Mauréry
Zuzana Mauréry
Hilda Múdra
Antonie Formanová
Antonie Formanová
Hana Mašková
Tereza Smetanová
Tereza Smetanová
Gabika
Martin Toman
Martin Toman
Michal
Sára Polyáková
Sára Polyáková
Zdenka
František Beleš
František Beleš
Dušan
Lucia Jašková
Lucia Jašková
mama Nepelová
Michal Soltész
Michal Soltész
otec Nepela
Billy Dunmore
Billy Dunmore
Toller Cranston
Adrian Jastraban
Adrian Jastraban
Antonín Himl
Milan Mikulčík
Milan Mikulčík
Peter Colotka
Michal Kinik
Michal Kinik
Palko
Vilém Hlavsa
Zdeněk Pazdírek / dablér Tollera Cranstona
Alexandra Hagarová
Liana Drahová
Matej Landl
Matej Landl
manžel Hildy, pán Múdry
Adam Hagara
dablér Ondreja Nepelu
Radovan Hudec
hlásateľ
Andrea Ľuptáková
ISU trénerka
Yurii Lisovetskyi
ISU tréner
Vladyslav Bosenko
Sergej Četveruchin
Ján Greššo
Ján Greššo
Gustáv Husák
Simon Stache
Jan Hoffman
Michael Vrzala
Michael Vrzala
reportér
Ela Sklenková
Sonička
Klára Formanová
Klára Formanová
paní Mašková
Petr Forman
Petr Forman
pan Mašek
Natália Blaasová
krasokorčuliarka
Filip Blaas
krasokorčuliar
Barbora Ciklerová
Karen Magnussen
Rebecca Riisness
Rebecca Riisness
Jannet Lynn
Vadim Novikov
dablér Jana Hoffmana
Jakub Čurma
dablér Sergeja Četveruchina
Oliver Asztalos
Oliver Asztalos
muž v klube
Ondrej Gajdoš
vyhazovač Csaba
Lenka Sekerková
kanadská trenérka
Daniela Gudabová
Daniela Gudabová
cukrárka
Kristína Mihaľová
Kristína Mihaľová
Eva
Jáchym Zamouřil
chlapec v bare
Jozef Novysedlák
Jozef Novysedlák
ruský trenér
Andrej Ivan
druhý ruský trenér
Pavol Gmuca
Himlov asistent
Marianna Vadovičová
recepčná
Ema Kroupová
sovietská športová krasokorčuliarka
Filip Brišák
sovietský športový krasokorčuliar
Daniela Krenželáková
česká športová krasokorčuliarka
Leonard Roth
český športový krasokorčuliar
Viktor Kaliňák
policajt
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