A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
February 1, 1986
Original Title:
Kára plná bolesti
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Slovenská filmová tvorba
Československá televízia Bratislava
Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
War takes its cruel toll, which everyone must pay. It hits a small Slovak village especially hard, where the struggle for a bare life becomes a test of human character. For two impoverished friends, Jakub and Maja, struggling through poverty is more than difficult. Jakub delivers sour milk from somewhere on his cart to the entire village and lives in a dilapidated house with his sister Tereza, whose caregiver and guide through life is the experienced woman Mara, who provides herself with money from seduced soldiers. Maja, on the other hand, is a foundling and homeless man who does whatever he can to survive the next day. The only consolation for the two inseparable friends are the circulating tales of a kind of promised land, where there is no poverty or hunger, and where they could both go. Only this vision, this idea alone keeps the two of them and the rest of the village on their feet, and gives them hope for a better tomorrow.
Assistant Camera:
Jozef Müller
Martin Gazík
Assistant Director:
Milan Boháč
Assistant Production Design:
Ján Svoboda
Conductor:
Štěpán Koníček
Costume Design:
Zdeněk Šánský
Costumer:
Alexander Kiss
Mária Šuleková
Director:
Stanislav Párnický
Director of Photography:
Ján Ďuriš
Dramaturgy:
Viera Mikulášová-Škridlová
Zuzana Gindl-Tatárová
Editor:
Eduard Klenovský
First Assistant Director:
Milan Zavřel
Makeup Artist:
Jozef Škopek
Original Music Composer:
Svetozár Štúr
Production Assistant:
Paľo Korec
Production Design:
Viliam Gruska
Production Manager:
Alojz Mäsiar
Property Master:
Ivo Jokl
Screenplay:
Zuzana Križková
Script:
Magdaléna Krázelová
Short Story:
Ján Papp
Sound:
Ján Šima
Still Photographer:
Milan Kordoš
Unit Production Manager:
Ján Loučičan
Marián Postihač
Jaroslav Uhrík
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