Long Live the Republic

2h 14m

7.4

Oldrich is the runt of his village, beaten by his father, bullied by the other boys. But he has imagination on his side, and a wiry toughness they can’t defeat. The village is in turmoil, because the Nazi occupiers have just retreated and the Red Army is advancing. Oldrich dodges amid the mayhem and panic, taking his share of blows but always managing to stay one step ahead. Beautifully shot and darkly ironic, Karel Kachyna’s forgotten masterpiece jumbles reality, memory and fantasy to capture the intensity and confusion of childhood in a war zone.

Cast

Zdeněk Lstibůrek

Oldřich Vařeka zvaný Pinďa

Naděžda Gajerová

Oldřichova matka

Oldřichův otec

sovětský důstojník

Iva Janžurová

Bertýna Petrželová

Jindra Rathová

Jaroslava Vysloužilová

Jiří Chmelař

Vladimír Stach

Vlastimil Kadeřábek

Miroslav Lerche

Milan Jedlička

Štěpán Zemánek

Jindřiška Gabriela Preissová

Zdeněk Jarolímek

František Šolc

František Golyšev

Zdeněk Martínek

Miloš Nesvadba

Vladimír Kabeláč

Ilona Kubásková

Oldřich Vařeka zvaný Pinďa (voice)

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Screenplay, Story, Creative Producer

Miroslav Hájek

Director of Photography

František Sádek

First Assistant Director

Milada Mikešová

First Assistant Director

Lubomír Břinčil

Assistant Director

Zdena Kracíková

Assistant Director

Bohumil Šmída

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Production Design

Jiří Macháně

Camera Operator

Assistant Camera

Jiří Pospíšil

Assistant Camera

Olga Dimitrovová

Ester Krumbachová

Věra Kubíková

Vlastimil Hasala

Alena Hejdánková

Stanislav Petřek

Original Music Composer

Ladislav Winkelhöfer

Jiří Žůček

Production Manager

Vladimír Vojta

Production Manager

Unit Production Manager

Unit Production Manager

Creative Producer

Jaromír Kallista

Assistant Production Manager

Vladimír Tišer

Assistant Production Manager

Ctibor Jeřábek

Assistant Production Manager

František Belfín

Štěpán Koníček