The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley (1984)
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.
Director:
František Vláčil
Writer:
Jiří Fried
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Vlastimil Drbal as Pasáček |
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Josef Kemr as |
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Libuše Geprtová as |
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Jiří Schmitzer as |
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Ilja Prachař as |
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Stanislava Strobachová as |
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Jiří Němeček as |
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Zdeněk Dušek as |
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Jiří Štěpnička as Blondýn |
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Bronislav Poloczek as |
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Vlastimil Zavřel as |
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Eva Kudláčková as |
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Václav Sloup as |
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Radka Fidlerová as Inn Keeper |
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Zdeňka Sajfertová as |
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Rudolf Pellar as |
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Ludmila Slancová as Turist |
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Karel Hlušička as Police Officer |
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Ladislav Křiváček as |
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Ferdinand Krůta as |
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Eva Salzmannová as |
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František Kubíček as |
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Vladimír Machoň as |
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Tomáš Martínek as |
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Jožka Stoklasa as |
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Alexej Pyško as |
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Miroslav Středa as |
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Jiří Schmidt as |
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Karel Knechtl as |
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Igor Latta as |
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Michael Tarant as |
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Marie Bukovjanová as |
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Ondřej Havelka as Blondýn (voice) |
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Inka Šecová as Inn Keeper (voice) |
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Bohumila Dolejšová as Turist (voice) |
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Mirko Musil as Police Officer (voice) |
| Directing | František Vláčil | Director |
| Writing | Václav Erben | Creative Producer |
| Writing | Ladislav Fuks | Novel |
| Writing | Jiří Fried | Screenplay |
| Crew | Oldřich Železný | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | Jiří Ondráček | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Vladimír Murat | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Jaromír Švarc | Production Design |
| Art | Roman Květoň | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Ladislav Winkelhöfer | Set Decoration |
| Art | Libor Čížek | Set Decoration |
| Art | Jiří Žák | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie Rosenfelderová | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alena Zoubková | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Naděžda Záhoráková | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Havlíček | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Miloš Kohout | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jana Jarolímková | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | Magda Hájková | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | František Fabián | Sound |
| Crew | Jiří Milfait | Special Effects |
| Crew | Jaroslav Klenot | Stunts |
| Crew | Jaroslav Šanda | Stunts |
| Production | Jaroslav Solnička | Production Manager |
| Production | Milan Štěch | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Ludmila Venclíková | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | František Nejedlý | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Luboš Kozák | Assistant Production Manager |
| Camera | Vítězslava Marčíková | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Lenka Mojžíšová | Clapper Loader |
| Lighting | Jiří Novák | Gaffer |
| Camera | Miloslav Mirvald | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Milan Dvořák | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Sound | Eva Pilarová | Vocals |
| Writing | Ladislav Nezdařil | Lyricist |
| Sound | Karel Černoch | Vocals |
| Writing | Jiří Křižan | Dialogue |
| Editing | Miroslav Hájek | Editor |
| Camera | František Uldrich | Director of Photography |
