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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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | cs |
| Popularity | 0.0621 |
Directed By
František Vláčil
Crew
František Vláčil
Jiří F. Svoboda
František Uldrich
Miroslav Hájek
Theodor Pištěk
Jiří Blažek
Aleš Dospiva
Ondřej Balík
Eliška Vojtová
Josef Čapek
Vladimír Körner
František Vláčil
Václav Nývlt
Jiří Ondráček
Miroslav Čvorsjuk
Jaromír Švarc
Roman Květoň
Miloslav Dvořák
Vladimír Ježek
Josef Večerek
Zuzana Máchová
Věra Mírová
František Havlíček
Jan Valkoun
Blanka Haltufová
Magda Hájková
František Fabián
Vladimír Vojta
Bohumil Vlach
Jarmila Benešová
Eva Kulhánková
Barbora Bílková
Ivan Měšťan
Miroslav Jirsa
Štěpán Koníček
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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