Orbis Pictus (film)

Orbis Pictus
Film poster
Directed byMartin Šulík
Screenplay byMartin Šulík
Marek Leščák
Ondrej Šulaj
Produced byRudolf Biermann
StarringDorota Nvotová
Marián Labuda
Božidara Turzonovová
Július Satinský
Emília Vášáryová
František Kovár
CinematographyMartin Štrba
Edited byDušan Milko
Music byVladimír Godár
Release date
  • 16 May 1997 (1997-05-16) (Slovakia)
Running time
109 minutes
CountrySlovakia
LanguageSlovak

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,[1][2] won Special Award of the Jury at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg, Germany as the Best Film in 1997.[3] 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.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Orbis Pictus". Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze (in Slovak). ČSFD. csfd.cz. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Orbis Pictus". Slovenská filmová databáze (in Slovak). SFD. sfd.sfu.sk. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Orbis Pictus → Awards". Internet Movie Database. IMDb. imdb.com. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  4. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  5. ^ "44 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 24 November 1997. Archived from the original on 13 February 1998. Retrieved 13 October 2015.