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 | Ladislav Fuks | Novel |
| Production | Jaroslav Solnička | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jana Jarolímková | Makeup & Hair |
| Sound | František Fabián | Sound |
| Camera | Miloslav Mirvald | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Vítězslava Marčíková | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Vladimír Murat | Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Jiří Milfait | Special Effects |
| Camera | Jiří Ondráček | Camera Operator |
| Art | Ladislav Winkelhöfer | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Milan Dvořák | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Oldřich Železný | Dramaturgy |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alena Zoubková | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Miloš Kohout | Makeup & Hair |
| Lighting | Jiří Novák | Gaffer |
| Production | František Nejedlý | Assistant Production Manager |
| Art | Roman Květoň | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Jiří Žák | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Havlíček | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Luboš Kozák | Assistant Production Manager |
| Sound | Eva Pilarová | Vocals |
| Art | Jaromír Švarc | Production Design |
| Art | Libor Čížek | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie Rosenfelderová | Costumer |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Writing | Ladislav Nezdařil | Lyricist |
| Crew | Jaroslav Šanda | Stunts |
| Production | Milan Štěch | Unit Production Manager |
| Writing | Václav Erben | Creative Producer |
| Writing | Jiří Fried | Screenplay |
| Crew | Jaroslav Klenot | Stunts |
| Production | Ludmila Venclíková | Unit Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Naděžda Záhoráková | Costumer |
| Editing | Magda Hájková | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Lenka Mojžíšová | Clapper Loader |
| Sound | Karel Černoch | Vocals |
| Writing | Jiří Křižan | Dialogue |
| Camera | František Uldrich | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Miroslav Hájek | Editor |
