The Guard (1970)
Even in 1970, films were made, prepared in previous years and expressing the poetics of that time. Ivan Renč created an almost protocol parable, deliberately set outside time and space, playing out a supremely model situation. In a somewhat rambling and not always convincing story, it tells the story of a young prison guard who dreams of living on a lonely lighthouse. He is ridiculous in his own way, with a distorted character, he hardly finds any satisfaction in his job, he cannot command the slightest respect from the prisoners - and the hero then takes out his excess pressure by abusing a defenseless dog. And one day there will be a short circuit meeting.
Director:
Ivan Renč
Writer:
Ivan Renč
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Jiří Hrzán as |
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Věra Tichánková as |
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Karel Mareš as |
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Helene Verschuur as Marie |
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Miloš Willig as |
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Otto Ohnesorg as Šalama |
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Václav Král as |
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Nataša Gollová as |
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Jindřich Heidelberg as |
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Miloslav Novák as |
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Antonín Loužecký as |
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Miloslav Svoboda as |
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Jaromír Šnajdr as |
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Miloslav Horáček as |
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Karel Bodnár as |
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Jitka Cerhová as |
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E. Poláchová as |
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Pavel Paulus as |
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D. Svobodová as |
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A. Truneček as |
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F. Kabát as Musician |
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F. Kabát st. as Musician |
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V. Rejlková as Musician |
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Jana Šulcová as Marie (voice) |
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Jiří Pleskot as Šalama (voice) |
| Writing | Ivan Renč | Story |
| Directing | Jan Kratochvíl | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Žofie Futerová | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Dagmar Švejdova | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Ivan Šlapeta | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Richard Valenta | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Oldřich Kovář | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Milan Nejedlý | Production Design |
| Art | I. Houser | Set Decoration |
| Art | Zdeněk Jeřábek | Set Decoration |
| Art | Milan Nejedlý | Set Decoration |
| Art | Miloš Sršeň | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jaromír Gál | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ondrej Brezovský | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Čížek | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vlasta Matuchová | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Václav Volk | Makeup & Hair |
| Sound | Milan Novotný | Sound |
| Production | Jan Balzer | Production Manager |
| Production | Jan Šuster | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Jan Vild | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Oldřich Mach | Assistant Production Manager |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Writing | Bedřich Kubala | Creative Producer |
| Production | Ladislav Novotný | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Ivan Renč | Director |
| Writing | Ivan Renč | Screenplay |
| Sound | Luboš Fišer | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Miroslav Hájek | Editor |