The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley (1984)
Overview
In 1947 by the Beskid mountains, the traces of war still linger, destroyed tanks dispersed throughout the farmland creating an eerie backdrop. This film follows a ten-year-old boy and the strange visions he encounters, his world of fantasy exacerbated with ample time, space, and a lack of companionship or guidance. We see the adults that influence and dominate his life, for better or for worse. Surreal and packed with an excellent study of human emotions and motivations compounded by their rural, isolated vacuum of a town, this is a timeless and severely underrated film from a brilliant Czech director.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | cs |
| Popularity | 1.506 |
Directed By
František Vláčil
Crew
František Vláčil
Václav Erben
Ladislav Fuks
Jiří Fried
Oldřich Železný
Jiří Ondráček
Vladimír Murat
Jaromír Švarc
Roman Květoň
Ladislav Winkelhöfer
Libor Čížek
Jiří Žák
Marie Rosenfelderová
Alena Zoubková
Naděžda Záhoráková
František Havlíček
Miloš Kohout
Jana Jarolímková
Magda Hájková
František Fabián
Jiří Milfait
Jaroslav Klenot
Jaroslav Šanda
Jaroslav Solnička
Milan Štěch
Ludmila Venclíková
František Nejedlý
Luboš Kozák
Vítězslava Marčíková
Lenka Mojžíšová
Jiří Novák
Miloslav Mirvald
Milan Dvořák
František Belfín
Eva Pilarová
Ladislav Nezdařil
Karel Černoch
Jiří Křižan
Miroslav Hájek
František Uldrich
TOP CAST
Vlastimil Drbal
Pasáček
Jiří Štěpnička
Blondýn
Radka Fidlerová
Inn Keeper
Ludmila Slancová
Turist
Karel Hlušička
Police Officer
Ondřej Havelka
Blondýn (voice)
Inka Šecová
Inn Keeper (voice)
Bohumila Dolejšová
Turist (voice)
Mirko Musil
Police Officer (voice)
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