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Kingdom of Soap Bubbles

original title: Království mýdlových bublin

year: 2025

duration: 82 minutes

country: Czechia

 

In theaters from January 29, 2026.

The rise and fall of the entrepreneurial Schicht family, founders of the Soap with the Stag brand

The film tells the story of the legendary soap with the stag brand and its founders, the entrepreneurial Schicht family, who over the course of three generations built a major soap and food production empire in Ústí nad Labem, contributing significantly to the development of the city and the entire region. It is also the story of their descendants, who search for their roots and a relationship to a city where none of them currently live, yet together they have purchased the neo-Baroque villa of their ancestors. The film reflects Czech-German history in the Ústí nad Labem region, recalling industrial growth and the pre-war coexistence of Czechs and Germans.

 

directed & screenplay by: Taťána Marková  cameraPetr Vejslík  sound: Vojtěch Knot  sound design: Vladimír Chrastil  music: Petr Tichý, Anna Romanovská  editing: Šárka Sklenářová  dramaturgy: Rebeka Bartůňková, Ivo Bystřičan, Katja Dringenberg  executive producer: Jan Bodnár  produced by: Jarmila Poláková (F&S), Martina Šantavá (ČT)  co-produced by: Česká televize, krutón

About the director:

Taťána Marková is the director of three documentaries produced by Film & Sociologie – Revolution Girls (2009, One World, AFO, Doc Europe III Portugal, shown on Czech Television), What to Tell the Kids? (2014, Febiofest Bratislava, shown on HBO ČR) and Libussa Unbound (2019, 8th Indian Cine Film Festival and 5th Indian World Festival Honorable Jury Mentions, shown on Czech Television).