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Long Live the Republic (1965)
Directed by Karel Kachyňa
Overview
Oldrich is the runt of his village, beaten by his father, bullied by the other boys. But he has imagination on his side, and a wiry toughness they can’t defeat. The village is in turmoil, because the Nazi occupiers have just retreated and the Red Army is advancing. Oldrich dodges amid the mayhem and panic, taking his share of blows but always managing to stay one step ahead. Beautifully shot and darkly ironic, Karel Kachyna’s forgotten masterpiece jumbles reality, memory and fantasy to capture the intensity and confusion of childhood in a war zone.
Length 134 minutes
Actors
Zdeněk Lstibůrek | Naděžda Gajerová | Vlado Müller | Gustáv Valach | Yuriy Nazarov | Iva Janžurová | Jindra Rathová | Jaroslava Vysloužilová | Eduard Bredun | Jiří Chmelař | Josef Karlík | Vladimír Stach | Pavel Wuršer | Jan Handt | Vlastimil Kadeřábek | Miroslav Lerche | Jaroslav Urban | Milan Jedlicka | P. Bohdanecký | O. Lozan | J. Kozel | Alena Černá | Štěpán Zemánek | K. Patek | Jindřiška Gabriela Preissová | Zdeněk Jarolímek | V. Podolák | František Šolc | František Golyšev | J. Vagrčka | J. Štegr | A. Vocílka | D. Svobodová | Karel Kachyňa | Otto Ševčík | Josef Vorel | Ivan Renč | Vít Olmer | Zdeněk Martínek | Miloš Nesvadba | Frank Argus | M. Fila | Alex Jandouš | Vladimír Kabeláč | Josef Bárta | Ilona Kubásková | Jan Kraus