MENANDROS & THAÏS
by Antonín Šilar, Ondřej Cikán
synopsis
A kidnapped bride. A distraught hero. Odysseys through surreal worlds. Menandros and Thaïs are freshly married, but the wedding day ends bloodily. Thaïs is abducted by pirates. Searching for her, the bridegroom becomes a bloodthirsty monster, his horse grows wings, a witch promises him to another woman, King Xerxes unmans him, but everything comes to an happy end. Or does it?
| international title: | Menandros & Thaïs |
| original title: | Menandros & Thaïs |
| country: | Czech Republic, Austria |
| year: | 2016 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Antonín Šilar, Ondřej Cikán |
| film run: | 129' |
| release date: | CZ 21/03/2016 |
| screenplay: | Ondřej Cikán |
| cast: | Jakub Gottwald, Jessyca R. Hauser, Ondřej Bauer, Violetta Zupančič |
| cinematography by: | Šimon Dvořáček |
| film editing: | Zuzana Walter |
| art director: | Antonín Šilar |
| costumes designer: | Antonín Šilar, Adriana Černá |
| music: | Hans Wagner |
| producer: | Ondřej Cikán, Anna Tydlitátová |
| co-producer: | Tomáš Hrubý, Michal Krecek, Pavla Janoušková Kubečková, Ondřej Šejnoha, Rudolf Stueger |
| production: | Die Gruppe, nutprodukce, FAMU, MagicLab |
| backing: | The Czech Republic State Fund for Support and Development of Cinematography |
