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 |
| Camera | Jiří Pospíšil | Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Antonín Máša | Dramaturgy |
| Directing | Milena Kropáčková | Assistant Director |
| Production | Miroslav Dousek | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | Karel Lier | Production Design |
| Art | Bohumil Kadlec | Set Decoration |
| Art | Jiří Pekárek | Set Decoration |
| Art | Karel Janda | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Anna Lackovičová | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janina Bursová | Makeup & Hair |
| Writing | Bedřich Kubala | Creative Producer |
| Writing | Zdeněk Mahler | Story |
| Production | Vladimír Tišer | Assistant Production Manager |
| Directing | Josef Krameš | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Jiří Cvrček | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jaroslava Váňová | Costumer |
| Sound | Jan Klusák | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Michal Kulič | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Zdeněk Mahler | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eva Martincová | Costumer |
| Writing | Evald Schorm | Screenplay |
| Sound | František Fabián | Sound |
| Production | Jan Milič | Assistant Production Manager |
| Camera | Václav Hanuš | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vladimír Černý | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jaroslav Čermák | Makeup & Hair |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Production | Ladislav Novotný | Executive Producer |
| Production | Věra Kadlecová | Production Manager |
| Production | Václav Havlík | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Evald Schorm | Director |
| Editing | Josef Dobřichovský | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lída Novotná | Costume Design |
| Camera | Olga Dostálová | Clapper Loader |