Piknik (1968)
Pacific Island - 1945. Five American soldiers were sent to reconnoiter the Japanese rear. Surrounded by unpredictable jungle and terrible heat, they have been moving in unknown territory for over two weeks in order to find the enemy. Commander Grackmiller, due to the fatigue of the rest of the platoon, takes it upon himself to scout the area ahead of them, and the soldiers Smile, Burda, Tall and Rozden are to wait for him and hold position. The heat to kill, exhaustion and nervousness soon begin to take a toll on their sanity and morale. Unafraid to say anything to each other's faces, vigilance and caution are completely gone and paranoia and suspicion take over instead. After a while, strange noises start coming from the jungle, which Smile goes to investigate, and comes back pale as death...
Directors:
Vladimír Sís, Ladislav Smoček.
Writers:
Ladislav Smoček, Vladimír Sís.
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Jiří Hálek as |
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Milan Sandhaus as |
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Pavel Landovský as |
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Josef Somr as |
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Miroslav Macháček as |
| Directing | Jana Novotná | Assistant Director |
| Art | Ladislav Winkelhöfer | Property Master |
| Directing | Vladimír Sís | Director |
| Camera | Bohumil Rath | Camera Operator |
| Production | Richard Němec | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Štěpán Koníček | Conductor |
| Writing | Ladislav Smoček | Screenplay |
| Production | Bohumil Šmída | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Ladislav Smoček | Theatre Play |
| Crew | Václav Nývlt | Dramaturgy |
| Costume & Make-Up | Josef Lojík | Makeup & Hair |
| Directing | Jiří Růžička | Assistant Director |
| Art | Karel Lier | Production Design |
| Art | Jiří Kovařík | Art Direction |
| Sound | Jiří Pavlík | Sound |
| Production | Ctibor Jeřábek | Assistant Production Manager |
| Directing | Bohumil Kouba | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Jan Klusák | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Vladimír Sís | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Sadílek | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Miloslav Koubek | Makeup & Hair |
| Art | Vladimír Ježek | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jiří Kovařík | Costume Design |
| Directing | Ladislav Smoček | Director |
| Camera | Stanislav Milota | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Miroslav Hájek | Editor |
| Writing | Ladislav Fikar | Creative Producer |
| Directing | Milan Kadlec | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Zdeněk Oves | Production Manager |
| Crew | Radoslav Selucký | Dramaturgy |
| Art | Čestmír Diviš | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie Broncová | Costumer |
| Production | Jaroslav Vágner | Unit Production Manager |