Directed by:
Václav MarhoulScreenplay:
Václav MarhoulCinematography:
Vladimír SmutnýCast:
Petr Kotlár, Udo Kier, Michaela Doležalová, Zdeněk Pecha, Lech Dyblik, Jitka Čvančarová, Stellan Skarsgård, Harvey Keitel, Julian Sands (more)Plots(1)
Trying to protect their child from the mass extermination of Jews, a Jewish couple sends their son to a relative in the countryside somewhere in Eastern Europe. However, the boy's aunt dies unexpectedly and the child is forced to set out on a lone journey through the wild and hostile world governed only by local rules, prejudices and superstitions. When the war ends, his fight for physical survival is replaced by a different kind of a fight. A battle he may not even be aware of, a battle with himself, a battle for his soul, his future... (Bioscop)
(more)Cast
Petr Kotlár
Czech Republic
Best movies:
The Painted Bird (2019)
Udo Kier
German Empire
Best movies:
The Kingdom (1994) (series)
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Michaela Doležalová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Maškaráda čili Fantom Opery (2009) (theatrical recording)
Lhář (2005) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (2011) (theatrical recording)
Zdeněk Pecha
Best movies:
Actor (2020) (series)
Vosto5: Pérák (2020) (theatrical recording)
Eyewitness (2021)
Lech Dyblik
Poland
Best movies:
The Peasants (2023)
Sonata (2021)
Life Feels Good (2013)
Jitka Čvančarová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Innocent Lies (2013) (series)
Babylon (2002) (theatrical recording)
Stellan Skarsgård
Sweden
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Harvey Keitel
USA
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Björk: Volumen (1999) (video compilation)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Julian Sands
UK
Best movies:
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
The Killing Fields (1984)
The Keeper (2018)
Júlia Valentová Vidrnáková
Best movies:
The Painted Bird (2019)
Aleksey Kravchenko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Come and See (1985)
Mummy (1999)
9th Company (2005)
Barry Pepper
Canada
Best movies:
The Green Mile (1999)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Petr Vaněk
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sense of Tumour (2024) (series)
Vosto5: Pérák (2020) (theatrical recording)
Leonard Bernstein: Mše (2018) (theatrical recording)
Marika Procházková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Living Large (2024)
Amerikánka. Na vzletové ranveji (2022) (theatrical recording)
Ptákovina (2009) (theatrical recording)
Marie Štípková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Defender (2021) (series)
Marta (2024) (theatrical recording)
Kazimír a Karolína (2010) (theatrical recording)
Milan Šimáček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Black Barons (1992)
The Last Butterfly (1990)
Blázni a děvčátka (1989)
Martin Nahálka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
MIKI (2024)
Jozef Mak (2021) (TV movie)
Broken Promise (2009)
Dominik Weber
West Germany
Best movies:
Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film (2018)
The Painted Bird (2019)
Der Zürich-Krimi (2016) (series)
Petr Jeništa
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Stavrogin je ďábel (2005) (theatrical recording)
Rok na vsi (1995) (theatrical recording)
One Life (2023)
Irena Máchová
Czechoslovakia