Eclipse Series 32: Pearls of the Czech New Wave
By April 25, 2012
Five remarkable filmmakers—Věra Chytilová, Jaromil Jireš, Jiří Menzel, Jan Němec, and Evald Schorm—helped reinvent Czechoslovakian cinema in the sixties. Read more »
- Czech Republic
- 1967
- 103 minutes
- Black and White
- 1.33:1
- Czech
SYNOPSIS: Evald Schorm was one of the most politically outspoken of the Czech New Wave filmmakers. This raw psychological drama about an engineer unable to adjust to the world around him following his suicide attempt is at heart a scathing portrait of social alienation and moral compromise.
Cast & CreditsOpen
Cast
| Jan Sebek | Jan Kacer |
| Jana | Jana Brejchová |
| Olga | Dana Medrická |
| Doctor | Milan Morávek |
| Jirí | Jiří Menzel |
| Zdenek | Jirí Kilián |
| Jana’s mother | Anna Lebedová |
| Jana’s father | Antonín Lebeda |
Credits
| Director | Evald Schorm |
| Assistant director | Josef Krameš |
| Story | Evald Schorm |
| Screenplay | Sergej Machonin and Evald Schorm |
| Script editor | Alexander Kliment |
| Cinematography | František Uldrich |
| Art direction | Bohumil Pokorny |
| Editor | Jirina Lukesová |
| Costumes | Svata Sophová |
| Music | Jan Klusák |
