The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night (1990)
Overview
An allegory set in an archetypal Czech village, it tells the story of what happens when a series of mysterious events take place, including the disappearance of the station master. While everything has a rational explanation, collective paranoia takes over and everyone's worst instincts are unleashed. Interrogations, disenfranchisement, and the search for scapegoats ultimately lead to murder. The movie was completed in 1969, but it was banned and not released till 1990, Evald Schorm who died in 1988 never saw it completed.
Overview
An allegory set in an archetypal Czech village, it tells the story of what happens when a series of mysterious events take place, including the disappearance of the station master. While everything has a rational explanation, collective paranoia takes over and everyone's worst instincts are unleashed. Interrogations, disenfranchisement, and the search for scapegoats ultimately lead to murder. The movie was completed in 1969, but it was banned and not released till 1990, Evald Schorm who died in 1988 never saw it completed.
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Release Date
June 01, 1990
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Runtime
1h 43m
Jan Kačer
Bohumil Šmída
Jan Libíček
Joker
Květa Fialová
Josef Bek
Baritone / Christ
Bohumil Švarc
Luba Skořepová
Josef Němeček
Vladimír Jedenáctík
Jaroslav Wagner-Klenka
Jana Marková
Václav Špidla
Vladimír Ptáček
Eva Řepíková
Václav Trégl
Jaroslav Mareš
Jiří Hálek
Train Dispatcher
Nina Divíšková
Train Dispatcher's Wife
Karel Hovorka
Karel Bělohradský
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