A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
December 25, 1958
Original Title:
Touha
Alternate Titles:
Désir
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 91
A poignant overview of how short life can be, this interesting drama from Czech director Vojetch Jasny is divided into four separate segments. In the first skit, a young child's impressions are observed as his newborn baby sister becomes a part of the family. In the second, a young woman falls in love for the first time one summer, and in the third, a tough, older peasant woman battles against the farming cooperatives. Finally, in the last segment, everything comes full circle as a woman who is about to become a grandmother dies while her daughter-in-law has not yet given birth.
Assistant Camera:
Ivan Wurm
Bohumil Paris
Assistant Director:
Věra Plívová-Šimková
Marie Kaplanová
Assistant Editor:
Marie Tillerová
Assistant Production Design:
Jan Oliva
Assistant Production Manager:
Olga Mimrová
Conductor:
Štěpán Koníček
Costume Design:
Libuše Hozová
Creative Producer:
František Břetislav Kunc
Director:
Vojtěch Jasný
Director of Photography:
Jaroslav Kučera
Dramaturgy:
Václav Nývlt
Editor:
Jan Chaloupek
Executive Producer:
Bohumil Šmída
First Assistant Director:
Jiří Hanibal
Václav Vorlíček
Gaffer:
Oldřich Žák
Lead Costumer:
Jaroslav Holub
Makeup & Hair:
Ladislav Bacílek
Original Music Composer:
Svatopluk Havelka
Production Design:
Karel Lier
Production Manager:
Jiří Bečka
Screenplay:
Vojtěch Jasný
Vladimír Valenta
Set Decoration:
Josef Calta
Sound:
Roman Hloch
Story:
Vojtěch Jasný
Unit Production Manager:
Kateřina Tomková
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