Description
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.
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Release Date1984
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Runtime1 hr 19 min
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Languagecs
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Rating6.5 (6)
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Genres
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DirectorFrantišek Vláčil
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CastVlastimil DrbalJosef KemrLibuše GeprtováJiří SchmitzerIlja PrachařStanislava StrobachováJiří NěmečekZdeněk DušekJiří ŠtěpničkaBronislav PoloczekVlastimil ZavřelEva KudláčkováVáclav SloupRadka FidlerováZdeňka SajfertováRudolf PellarLudmila SlancováKarel HlušičkaLadislav KřiváčekFerdinand KrůtaEva SalzmannováFrantišek KubíčekVladimír MachoňTomáš MartínekJožka StoklasaAlexej PyškoMiroslav StředaJiří SchmidtKarel KnechtlIgor LattaMichael TarantMarie BukovjanováOndřej HavelkaInka ŠecováBohumila DolejšováMirko Musil