Charlatan

Seasoned and accomplished historical biographer Agnieszka Holland uniquely outlines the contradictions of a controversial personality in a film that was the Czech Republic's submission for the foreign language Oscar and was shortlisted in the category.

Synopsis

Czechoslovakian herbalist and healer Jan Mikolášek, infamous for his alternative methods before and after World War II, falls out of favor with the communist regime after the death of his patron and the country's president Antonín Zápotocký.