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
![Josef Bedlivý](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/893/161893178_9c750e.jpg)
Josef Bedlivý
Best movies:
The Painted Bird (2019)
Barefoot (2017)
![Tomáš Kraus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/776/157776598_d45e00.jpg)
Tomáš Kraus
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Painted Bird (2019)
You Kiss Like a Devil (2012)
Dodgeball (2015)
![Pavel Kříž](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/188/164188669_7e20bb.jpg)
Pavel Kříž
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999) (series)
BrainStorm (2008) (TV movie)
![Ondřej Malina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/970/166970279_cc4e49.jpg)
Ondřej Malina
Best movies:
The Painted Bird (2019)
![Tim Kalkhof](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/438/159438187_b3a5e4.jpg)
Tim Kalkhof
West Germany
Best movies:
The Cakemaker (2017)
The Painted Bird (2019)
Der Zürich-Krimi (2016) (series)
![Jan Monczka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/164/159164259_31119f.jpg)
Jan Monczka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Stairway to Power (2023) (series)
Śmierć jak kromka chleba (1994)
Broken Promise (2009)
![Petr Klimeš](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011817_d6d7bb.jpg)
Petr Klimeš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
The Courier (2020)
The Painted Bird (2019)
![Denisa Pfauserová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/555/164555200_8d9e4a.jpg)
Denisa Pfauserová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
On the Roof (2019)
The Painted Bird (2019)
Colette (2013)
![Radim Fiala](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268547_368f03.jpg)
Radim Fiala
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Stavrogin je ďábel (2005) (theatrical recording)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Dark Blue World (2001)
![Aleksandr Minaev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/049/262/49262599_e9d852.jpg)
Aleksandr Minaev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Želary (2003)
Toman (2018)
The Painted Bird (2019)
![Petr Stach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/806/164806205_cfc801.jpg)
Petr Stach
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
Charlatan (2020)
![Andrej Polák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276425_af7b81.jpg)
Andrej Polák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Anthropoid (2016)
Vosto5: Pérák (2020) (theatrical recording)
![Jan Meduna](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276418_16eadb.jpg)
Jan Meduna
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Naši furianti (2011) (theatrical recording)
Marta (2024) (theatrical recording)
![Kryštof Rímský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276421_38450e.jpg)
Kryštof Rímský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Mistakes (2021)
Wrong Side Up (2005)
Innocent Lies (2013) (series)
![Filip Kaňkovský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/554/164554635_6a89e4.jpg)
Filip Kaňkovský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Actor (2020) (series)
It's Gonna Get Worse (2007)
Tereza Martinková
Best movies:
The Painted Bird (2019)
![Filip Richtermoc](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309421_36cda7.jpg)
Filip Richtermoc
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Petrolejové lampy (2006) (theatrical recording)
Akvabely (2006) (theatrical recording)
Ten třetí (2008) (theatrical recording)
Jiří Slavík
Best movies:
The Painted Bird (2019)
![Petr Ostrouchov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/639/166639600_cdfab1.jpg)
Petr Ostrouchov
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amerikánka Vol. 9: V dětském sanatoriu (2020) (theatrical recording)
Amerikánka. Na vzletové ranveji (2022) (theatrical recording)
The Painted Bird (2019)
![Josef Kůrka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/082/167082066_ce6b6c.jpg)
Josef Kůrka
Best movies:
The Painted Bird (2019)
Slunečná (2020) (series)