The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night (1990)
Overview
An allegory set in an archetypal Czech village, it tells of what happens when a sequence of mysterious events take place, including the disappearance of the stationmaster. While everything has a rational explanation, collective paranoia takes hold and everyone’s worst instincts are released. Interrogations, the abolition of rights and the search for scapegoats ultimately lead to murder
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | cs |
| Popularity | 1.259 |
Directed By
Evald Schorm
Crew
Jiří Pospíšil
Antonín Máša
Milena Kropáčková
Miroslav Dousek
Karel Lier
Bohumil Kadlec
Jiří Pekárek
Karel Janda
Anna Lackovičová
Janina Bursová
Bedřich Kubala
Zdeněk Mahler
Vladimír Tišer
Josef Krameš
Jiří Cvrček
Jaroslava Váňová
Jan Klusák
Michal Kulič
Zdeněk Mahler
Eva Martincová
Evald Schorm
František Fabián
Jan Milič
Václav Hanuš
Vladimír Černý
Jaroslav Čermák
František Belfín
Ladislav Novotný
Věra Kadlecová
Václav Havlík
Evald Schorm
Josef Dobřichovský
Lída Novotná
Olga Dostálová
Václav Hanuš
TOP CAST
Jan Libíček
Joker
Josef Bek
Baritone / Christ
Jiří Hálek
Train Dispatcher
Nina Divíšková
Train Dispatcher's Wife
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