This wild absurdist story, inspired by Thomas Mann’s novel The Holy Sinner, follows the fate of a lowly boy born out of forbidden love. His ambition and dreams propel him toward knighthood and royal glory, only for him to unknowingly marry his own mother, spend seventeen years chained to a rock, and, against all odds, become… the Pope! A cheeky tale full of ambition, absurd twists, and ridiculously exaggerated turns of fate that transform a lonely medieval teenager into an unforgettable legend.

ABSURD COMEDY

WRITER AND DIRECTOR
Tomasz Mielnik

PRODUCER
Mikuláš Novotný

CO-PRODUCERS
Magdalena Sztorc
Anna Zajączkowska
Radu Stancu
Ioana Lascăr
Michal Křeček

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jan Šuster

EDITING
Šimon Hájek

SOUND
Michaela Patríková
David Titěra
Jakub Čech

MUSIC
Martin Klusák

PRODUCTION DESIGNERS
Zuzana Mazáčová
Tereza Thérová

PUPPETS
Marek Brožek

COSTUMES
Ellen Pávková

MAKEUP
Kateřina Houska

CASTING
Maja Hamplová

HEAD OF PRODUCTION
Klára Žaloudková

FEATURING 
Jan František Uher
Miroslav Donutil
Petr Uhlík
Kristýna Boková
Petr Marek
Eliška Křenková
Marian Moštík
Michal Dalecký
Ondřej Volejník
Berenika Kohoutová
Martin Dejdar

PRODUCED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
Axius
Maaars

IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH
Mozaika Films
deFilm
Magiclab

WITH THE SUPPORT OF
Czech Audiovisual Fund