---
title: 'Candidate (2013)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jonáš Karásek'
released: '2013-10-10'
runtime_minutes: 106
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Slovakia'
  - 'Czech Republic'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/candidate-2013'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3258080/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Candidate (2013)

2013 · 106 min · Comedy, Thriller · Slovakia, Czech Republic

Original title: Kandidát

## Synopsis

Candidate is a 2013 Czecho-Slovak film. It was directed by Jonáš Karásek. It premiered in October 2013. It is a political thriller that includes references toward corruption scandals in Slovak politics, notably the Gorilla scandal.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Michal Havran jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/michal-havran-jr), [Marián Hečko](https://cinepixo.com/people/marian-hecko), [Peter Balko](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-balko)
- **Director:** [Jonáš Karásek](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonas-karasek)
- **Producer:** [Marián Hečko](https://cinepixo.com/people/marian-hecko)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Matúš Široký](https://cinepixo.com/people/matus-siroky)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tomáš Juříček](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomas-juricek)
- **Editor:** [Matej Beneš](https://cinepixo.com/people/matej-benes)

## Cast

- [František Kyselica](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-kyselica)
- [Petra Molnárová](https://cinepixo.com/people/petra-molnarova)
- [Michal Kubovčík](https://cinepixo.com/people/michal-kubovcik)
- [Ivana Havranová](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivana-havranova)
- [Michal Dlouhý](https://cinepixo.com/people/michal-dlouhy)
- [Danica Matúšová](https://cinepixo.com/people/danica-matusova)
- [Monika Hilmerová](https://cinepixo.com/people/monika-hilmerova)
- [Jana Holková](https://cinepixo.com/people/jana-holkova)
- [Ján Jackuliak](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-jackuliak)
- [Alice Bendová](https://cinepixo.com/people/alice-bendova)
- [Judit Bárdos](https://cinepixo.com/people/judit-bardos)
- [Dominika Morávková-Zeleníková](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominika-moravkova-zelenikova)
- [Michal Havran jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/michal-havran-jr)
- [Miloš Zeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/milos-zeman)
- [Pavel Nový](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-novy)

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Official site: http://kandidat.azyl.sk/index.html
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/candidate-2013
Film facts: Wikidata (Q16956669); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.