Zelary

2004 | Drama, Romance, War, Foreign Language

Synopsis

A nurse is part of the resistance in 1940s Czech Republic. She is discovered and must find a place to hide. A patient whose life she saved, from a remote mountain village where time stopped 150 years ago, agrees to hide her as his wife.

Scores

Overall Score
60.1
Popularity Percentile (Year)
41.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
72.3%
Review Aggregate
80.2

Critic Consensus

73.5% Fresh • 49 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 73% of 49 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, visually striking, suspenseful. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

thin plotvisually strikingsuspensefulemotionalromanticlightheartedstylizedcharacter-drivengrittyfunny

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Anna Geislerová2004$7,428,000$12,335,000(est)
György Cserhalmi2004$4,572,000$7,593,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score74.0
RT critic review count50
Rotten Tomatoes audience score91.0
RT audience rating count2,500
IMDb rating7.5
IMDb votes3,850

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2004$330,033$548,075
International2004$15,131,272$25,128,005
Worldwide2004$15,461,305$25,676,080

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2004$6,217,525$10,325,239
Digital Rentals ?2004$74,000$122,889
Digital Purchases ?2004$2,000$3,321
Physical Rentals ?2004$7,764,000$12,893,419
Physical Purchases ?2004$16,245,000$26,977,536
TV & Streaming Revenue2004$138,614$230,191
Total Revenues2004$30,441,139$50,552,597
Expenses
Budget ?2004$50,000,000$83,033,353
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2004$3,214,000 (est)$5,337,384 (est)
Participations2004$609,000$1,011,346
Residuals ?2004$1,778,000$2,952,666
Interest & Overhead2004$7,500,000$12,455,003
Total Expenses2004$63,101,000$104,789,752
Movie Net Profit or Loss2004$-32,659,861$-54,237,155

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