The Fortress (1994) [N/A]
Featuring:
Antonín Brtoun, György Cserhalmi, Miroslav Donutil
Written by:
Alexandr Kliment
Drahomíra Vihanová
Directed by:
Drahomíra Vihanová
Release Date:
November 24, 1994
Original Title:
Pevnost
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Krátký film Praha
Margo Films
Production Countries:
Czech Republic | France
Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: 12+
Runtime: 95
The evils of totalitarianism provide the central message of this Czech-French drama. The film is set in a quiet, rural village headed by a suspicious, conspiring group of nasty leaders. Evald has come there to measure water levels. Surrounding the fortress near the village are soldiers
The story takes place in the second half of the eighties. The regime of power is tired, but any changes are out of sight. Some people are trying to find their asylum in their privacy, some defect. Who is not willing to get adapted, lives at the outskirts of the society. So, for example, the forty-year old intellectual Ewald (György Cserhalmi)can not perform his profession, as he could not comply with requirements of the political regime. He earns his living just to sustain, and at the moment he is assigned to measure the capacity of water bore in the vicinity of the fortress. He lives in a caravan-trailer, measures the yield of the water source, and makes friends with the head officer of the fortress (Miroslav Donutil). Their friendship is a strange, unusual relation of two men of different characters, linked by a feeling of loneliness, need of sincerity and even a mutual respect, which stems from understanding each other.
