A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
April 1, 1966
Original Title:
Zrcadlení
Alternate Titles:
Život
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Krátký film Praha – Studio dokumentárních filmů
Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 32
A leading director of the Czech film renaissance provides a philosophical meditation on life and death, set amidst complex hospital apparatus and the sadness, hope, or resignation of the patients. Existentialist rather than optimist, the approach is one of humanistic atheism, accepting death as part of life. Interviews with doctors and nurses explore their outlook; all speak of death as a fact, without either sentimentality or religiosity. The studied objectivity of the film only imperfectly hides an intense emotionality.
Director:
Evald Schorm
Director of Photography:
Jan Špáta
Dramaturgy:
Václav Borovička
Editor:
Vlasta Styblíková
Original Music Composer:
Jan Klusák
Production Manager:
Máša Charouzdová
Screenplay:
Evald Schorm
Jan Špáta
Sound:
Antonín Kleisner
Story:
Evald Schorm
Jan Špáta
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