La banda della piuma nera (1974)
Nel 1917, durante la Prima guerra mondiale, sei bambini cecoslovacchi vivono il conflitto come una grande avventura: il loro sogno è “distruggere l’Austria”, imitando i soldati ma con lo spirito del gioco. Andrea, il più piccolo del gruppo, partecipa con entusiasmo alle imprese della banda, legata dal giuramento “Tutti per uno e uno per tutti”. I compagni si prendono cura di lui, aiutandolo quando è stanco o malato, e insieme organizzano piccoli sabotaggi contro la fabbrica di cannoni che fonde le campane dei villaggi. Accanto ai giochi dei bambini, il racconto mostra però anche il volto doloroso della guerra vera, che porta morte e sofferenza. Le piume nere, conquistate come trofeo, diventano il simbolo della loro amicizia e del loro coraggio. Con la fine della guerra e la caduta dell’Austria arriva anche la guarigione di Andrea, ormai cresciuto: la gioia del villaggio celebra insieme la pace ritrovata e il passaggio del bambino verso una nuova maturità.
Direttori:
Ota Koval, Zdenek Sirový.
Scrittori:
Ota Koval, Milan Pavlík.
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Zdeněk Dřevojánek as Karel Světlan |
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Jaroslava Tichá as |
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Ladislav Mrkvička as |
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František Srb as |
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Filip Renč as |
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Bohdan Pavlík as |
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Petr Přívozník as |
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Lukáš Rak as |
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Ivan Vorlíček as |
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Jan Skopeček as |
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Jiří Holý as |
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Viktorie Čermáková as |
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Jindřiška Gabriela Preissová as |
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Jan Teplý as |
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Šárka Navrátilová as |
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Ivan Frič as |
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Ivan Lukeš as |
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Jan Faltýnek as |
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Jiří Klem as Military Police Officer |
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Václav Švejda as |
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Jiří Vokál as |
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Jan Bösser as |
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Michal Rouha as |
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Miloš Bárta as |
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Pavel Mžika as |
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František Radosta as |
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Miroslav Moravec as |
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Žofie Futerová as |
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Antonín Klepáč as |
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Miloslav Horáček as |
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Jan Drnek as |
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Václav Král as |
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Jiří Bach as |
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Jindřich Polák as |
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Věra Galatíková as Nun |
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Stanislav Litera as |
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Vratislav Žídek as |
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Ludvík Wolf as |
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Jan Kuželka as |
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Radovan Versigan as |
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Ilja Prachař as Karel Světlan (voice) |
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Jan Pohan as Military Police Officer (voice) |
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Milena Dvorská as Nun (voice) |
| Directing | Ota Koval | Director |
| Directing | Zdenek Sirový | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Zapletal | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stanislav Petřek | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Václav Rouha | Production Manager |
| Crew | Josef Hanzlík | Dramaturgy |
| Art | Karel Vacek | Production Design |
| Directing | Jaromír Dvořáček | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Eva Charvátová | Assistant Production Manager |
| Sound | Luboš Fišer | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Writing | Rudolf Hrbek | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jiří Sochovský | Costume Design |
| Writing | Ota Koval | Screenplay |
| Art | Rudolf Beneš | Set Decoration |
| Art | Josef Calta | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Ivan Wurm | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Žofie Futerová | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Ivan Minář | Still Photographer |
| Writing | Ota Hofman | Creative Producer |
| Writing | Milan Pavlík | Screenplay |
| Camera | Vojtěch Kuthan | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Danuše Kubátová | Clapper Loader |
| Art | Vladimír Hovorka | Assistant Production Design |
| Editing | Zdeněk Stehlík | Editor |
| Sound | Jiří Lenoch | Sound |
| Directing | Ivan Frič | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Jan Novák | Director of Photography |
| Production | Blažej Vráb | Unit Manager |
| Production | Zdeňka Černá | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Irena Klausová | Script Supervisor |