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Release Date:
March 1, 1984
Original Title:
Pasáček z doliny
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 80
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.
Assistant Camera:
Vladimír Murat
Assistant Editor:
Magda Hájková
Assistant Production Design:
Roman Květoň
Assistant Production Manager:
František Nejedlý
Luboš Kozák
Camera Operator:
Jiří Ondráček
Clapper Loader:
Lenka Mojžíšová
Vítězslava Marčíková
Conductor:
František Belfín
Costumer:
Naděžda Záhoráková
Marie Rosenfelderová
Alena Zoubková
Creative Producer:
Václav Erben
Dialogue:
Jiří Křižan
Director:
František Vláčil
Director of Photography:
František Uldrich
Dramaturgy:
Oldřich Železný
Editor:
Miroslav Hájek
Gaffer:
Jiří Novák
Lyricist:
Ladislav Nezdařil
Makeup & Hair:
Miloš Kohout
František Havlíček
Jana Jarolímková
Novel:
Ladislav Fuks
Original Music Composer:
Milan Dvořák
Production Design:
Jaromír Švarc
Production Manager:
Jaroslav Solnička
Screenplay:
Jiří Fried
Set Decoration:
Ladislav Winkelhöfer
Libor Čížek
Jiří Žák
Sound:
František Fabián
Special Effects:
Jiří Milfait
Still Photographer:
Miloslav Mirvald
Stunts:
Jaroslav Klenot
Jaroslav Šanda
Unit Production Manager:
Milan Štěch
Ludmila Venclíková
Vocals:
Eva Pilarová
Karel Černoch
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