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Zurvalec (1993)
Directed by Vladimír Strnisko
Overview
Screenwriter Antonín Máša wrote a television production Zurvalec based on Turgenev’s short story. It is a psychological drama about the conflicting encounter between Lieutenant Kister and the dangerous duelant Captain Luchkov, who drives away the boredom of an empty life in a backwater province with a series of violent acts. The tense relationship between the two men, expressing a contradiction of creative tolerance and aggression, is exacerbated by their interest in a woman who succumbs to admiration for the “predator” Luchkov. The tragic confrontation of different approaches to life raises the question of the possibilities of defending human decency over evil.
Actors
Ingrid Timková | Milan Lasica | Ján Gallovic | Zora Kolínska | Ľubomír Paulovič | Matej Landl | Peter Mankovecký | Vladimír Jedľovský | Ľubo Gregor | Štefan Kožka | Szidi Tobias | Ján Pomšár | Juraj Slezácek | Marián Labuda ml. | Boris Zachar