MICHAELA BENDULOVÁ

Role: ELA

Michaela Bendulová was born in Rožňava in 1993. The makers of the film discovered her in a re-education centre. She was one of the girls in the centre when, after almost two years of searching for the main protagonist of the film, director Juraj Lehotský selected her as the ideal actress for the role of Ela. Her own, direct experience of the difficult environment helped her slip readily and naturally into the role of Ela.

ROBERT ROTH

Role: ROBY

Robert Roth was born on 28 October 1972 in Bratislava. In 1987-1993 he studied at the Conservatoire in Bratislava – Music and Drama. Member of the Slovak National Theatre´s Drama Ensemble.

Most significant roles in theatre:
S.Mroźek – Tango – Artur
A. Jarry – Ubu the King – Ubu
E.Rostand – Cyrano de Bergeracu – Christian
Moliére – The Misanthrope – Alceste
W. Shakespeare – Twelfth Night – Feste the jester
W. Shakespeare – The Tempest – Ariel
W. Shakespeare – Hamlet – Hamlet
W. Shakespeare – Antony and Cleopatra – Caesar
Hollyroth – Holly, Swatopluk
J. W. Goethe – Faust – Faust
A.P. Čechov – Ivanov – Ivanov

Awards:
Nomination for DOSKY 2000 Award W.Shakespeare The Tempest ARIEL
Award for Best Actor Kopřivnice 1997 Ubu the King UBU
Nomination for DOSKY 2006 Award F. M. Dostoyevsky ŠABRIN
DOSKY 2008 Award HAMLET
Tatrabanka Foundation Award to Artists 2008 HAMLET
Literary Fund Premium - 5X
Nomination for the Crystalline Wing 2008
Literary Fund Annual Award – 2008, 2010
Special Award of the Jury, New Drama 2010 Hollyroth
Student Jury Award, New Drama 2010 Hollyroth
DOSKY 2010 Award HOLLYROTH (Best Play of the Season and Best Actor of the Season)
Hollyroth – Most Significant Theatrical Event of the 2010 Season, in the poll taken by the daily SME
Crystalline Wing 2010 – Theatre and Audiovisual Art Category – Hollyroth

Film roles:
1991 In the Morning Fog (V rannej hmle, dir. Ján Zeman) – young Karas
2007 Hrubeš and Mareš (Hrubeš a Mareš, dir. V.Morávek) – Robert Karpati