In 1947 by the Beskid mountains, the traces of war still linger, destroyed tanks dispersed throughout the farmland creating an eerie backdrop. This film follows a ten-year-old boy and the strange visions he encounters, his world of fantasy exacerbated with ample time, space, and a lack of companionship or guidance. We see the adults that influence and dominate his life, for better or for worse. Surreal and packed with an excellent study of human emotions and motivations compounded by their rural, isolated vacuum of a town, this is a timeless and severely underrated film from a brilliant Czech director.
Cast
Vlastimil Drbal
Pasáček
Josef Kemr
Unknown
Libuše Geprtová
Unknown
Jiří Schmitzer
Unknown
Ilja Prachař
Unknown
Stanislava Strobachová
Unknown
Jiří Němeček
Unknown
Zdeněk Dušek
Unknown
Jiří Štěpnička
Blondýn
Bronislav Poloczek
Unknown
Vlastimil Zavřel
Unknown
Eva Kudláčková
Unknown
Václav Sloup
Unknown
Radka Fidlerová
Inn Keeper
Zdeňka Sajfertová
Unknown
Rudolf Pellar
Unknown
Ludmila Slancová
Turist
Karel Hlušička
Police Officer
Ladislav Křiváček
Unknown
Ferdinand Krůta
Unknown
Eva Salzmannová
Unknown
František Kubíček
Unknown
Vladimír Machoň
Unknown
Tomáš Martínek
Unknown
Jožka Stoklasa
Unknown
Alexej Pyško
Unknown
Miroslav Středa
Unknown
Jiří Schmidt
Unknown
Karel Knechtl
Unknown
Igor Latta
Unknown
Michael Tarant
Unknown
Marie Bukovjanová
Unknown
Ondřej Havelka
Blondýn (voice)
Inka Šecová
Inn Keeper (voice)
Bohumila Dolejšová
Turist (voice)
Mirko Musil
Police Officer (voice)
Crew
Oldřich Železný
Dramaturgy
František Vláčil
Director
Jiří Fried
Screenplay
Ladislav Fuks
Novel
Miroslav Hájek
Editor
Magda Hájková
Assistant Editor
František Uldrich
Director of Photography
Jaromír Švarc
Production Design
Jiří Ondráček
Camera Operator
Vladimír Murat
Assistant Camera
Alena Zoubková
Costumer
Marie Rosenfelderová
Costumer
Naděžda Záhoráková
Costumer
Jana Jarolímková
Makeup & Hair
Miloš Kohout
Makeup & Hair
František Havlíček
Makeup & Hair
František Fabián
Sound
Jiří Milfait
Special Effects
Milan Dvořák
Original Music Composer
Ladislav Nezdařil
Lyricist
Jiří Křižan
Dialogue
Ladislav Winkelhöfer
Set Decoration
Jiří Žák
Set Decoration
Libor Čížek
Set Decoration
Miloslav Mirvald
Still Photographer
Jaroslav Šanda
Stunts
Jaroslav Klenot
Stunts
Vítězslava Marčíková
Clapper Loader
Lenka Mojžíšová
Clapper Loader
Roman Květoň
Assistant Production Design
Jiří Novák
Gaffer
Jaroslav Solnička
Production Manager
Milan Štěch
Unit Production Manager
Ludmila Venclíková
Unit Production Manager
Václav Erben
Creative Producer
František Nejedlý
Assistant Production Manager
Luboš Kozák
Assistant Production Manager
František Belfín
Conductor
Eva Pilarová
Vocals
Karel Černoch
Vocals
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