The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night (1990)
An allegory set in an archetypal Czech village, it tells the story of what happens when a series of mysterious events take place, including the disappearance of the station master. While everything has a rational explanation, collective paranoia takes over and everyone's worst instincts are unleashed. Interrogations, disenfranchisement, and the search for scapegoats ultimately lead to murder. The movie was completed in 1969, but it was banned and not released till 1990, Evald Schorm who died in 1988 never saw it completed.
Director:
Evald Schorm
Writers:
Zdeněk Mahler, Evald Schorm.
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Jan Kačer as |
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Bohumil Šmída as |
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Jan Libíček as Joker |
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Květa Fialová as |
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Josef Bek as Baritone / Christ |
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Bohumil Švarc as |
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Luba Skořepová as |
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Josef Němeček as |
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Vladimír Jedenáctík as |
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Jaroslav Wagner-Klenka as |
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Jana Marková as |
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Václav Špidla as |
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Vladimír Ptáček as |
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Eva Řepíková as |
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Václav Trégl as |
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Jaroslav Mareš as |
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Jiří Hálek as Train Dispatcher |
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Nina Divíšková as Train Dispatcher's Wife |
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Karel Hovorka as |
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Karel Bělohradský as |
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Zdeněk Sedláček as |
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Božena Böhmová as |
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Václav Babka as |
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Jana Posseltová as |
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Josef Elsner as |
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Pavel Jiras as |
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Vladimír Hrabánek as |
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Jiří Lír as |
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Josefa Pechlátová as |
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Jindřiška Gabriela Preissová as |
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Václav Kotva as |
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Josef Engel as |
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Jaroslav Klenot as |
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Zdeněk Srstka as |
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Jaroslav Tomsa as |
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Karel Vítek as |
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Josef A. Stehlík as |
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Ladislav Gzela as |
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J. Havlíková as |
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Jiří Plachý as |
| Directing | Josef Krameš | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Milena Kropáčková | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Anna Lackovičová | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Zdeněk Mahler | Story |
| Writing | Zdeněk Mahler | Screenplay |
| Writing | Evald Schorm | Screenplay |
| Crew | Antonín Máša | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | Václav Hanuš | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Michal Kulič | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jiří Pospíšil | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Karel Lier | Production Design |
| Art | Jiří Cvrček | Set Decoration |
| Art | Bohumil Kadlec | Set Decoration |
| Art | Jiří Pekárek | Set Decoration |
| Art | Karel Janda | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eva Martincová | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jaroslava Váňová | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vladimír Černý | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jaroslav Čermák | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janina Bursová | Makeup & Hair |
| Sound | František Fabián | Sound |
| Production | Věra Kadlecová | Production Manager |
| Production | Miroslav Dousek | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Václav Havlík | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Vladimír Tišer | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Jan Milič | Assistant Production Manager |
| Sound | Jan Klusák | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Writing | Bedřich Kubala | Creative Producer |
| Production | Ladislav Novotný | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Evald Schorm | Director |
| Editing | Josef Dobřichovský | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lída Novotná | Costume Design |
| Camera | Olga Dostálová | Clapper Loader |