Shades of Fern (1986)
Overview
Based on the only extensive prose work by the surrealist painter Josef Capek, Shades of Fern most resembles the philosophical fairy tales and fables of Josef’s older brother, the legendary Czech novelist and playwright Karel Capek. Two young poachers, more boys than men, kill a gamekeeper when they are caught illegally hunting. Panicked, they retreat into a forest that grows steadily more forbidding and deadly as their fear for the future—and guilt over their action—mounts. Loosely based on hundreds of oral folk tales and legends that haunt the woods of Czechoslovakia, Vlácil’s contemporary updating artistically underscores the relationship between man and nature, crime and punishment, isolation and society, and guilt and memory.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | cs |
| Popularity | 0.04785714285714286 |
Directed By
František Vláčil
Crew
František Vláčil
Theodor Pištěk
Jiří F. Svoboda
František Uldrich
Miroslav Hájek
Jiří Blažek
Josef Večerek
František Vláčil
Jaromír Švarc
Roman Květoň
Josef Čapek
Vladimír Körner
Jiří Ondráček
Eliška Vojtová
Václav Nývlt
Miloslav Dvořák
Zuzana Máchová
Vladimír Ježek
Aleš Dospiva
Ondřej Balík
Miroslav Čvorsjuk
Ivan Měšťan
Jarmila Benešová
Magda Hájková
Štěpán Koníček
Věra Mírová
Jan Valkoun
František Fabián
František Havlíček
Vladimír Vojta
Bohumil Vlach
Eva Kulhánková
Miroslav Jirsa
Blanka Haltufová
Barbora Bílková
TOP CAST
Marek Probosz
Ruda Aksamit
Zbigniew Suszyński
Vašek Kala
Miroslav Macháček
Keeper / Vagabond / Beggar
František Peterka
Father Aksamit
Vladimír Hlavatý
Čepelka
Milada Ježková
Čepelková
Josef Patočka
Elsner
Oldřich Velen
Police Officer
Jaroslav Tomsa
Policeman
Marta Vančurová
Rousová
Emma Černá
Keeper's Wife
Petr Skarke
Marjánka
Vítězslav Jandák
Policeman
Josef Blahož
Musician
Josef Čermák
Musician
Jan Forejt
Musician
Josef Fürst
Musician
Josef Kasl
Musician
Zdeněk Kesler
Musician
Jan Kopecký
Musician
Antonín Korb
Musician
Jaroslav Materna
Musician
Jiří Miloš
Musician
Vojtěch Říha
Musician
Jaroslav Šprunk
Musician
František Trnka
Musician
František Zikán
Musician
Ladislav Vacek
Musician
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