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
- 1966
- 70 minutes
- Black and White
- 1.33:1
- Czech
SYNOPSIS: In Jan Němec’s surreal fable, a picnic is rudely transformed into a lesson in political hierarchy when a handful of mysterious authority figures show up. This allegory about oppression and conformity was banned in its home country but became an international success after it premiered at the New York Film Festival.
Cast & CreditsOpen
Cast
| Host | Ivan Vyskocil |
| Rudolf | Jan Klusák |
| Josef | Jirí Němec |
| Frantisek | Pavel Bošek |
| Karel | Karel Mareš |
| Husband | Evald Schorm |
| Eva | Zdena Skvorecká |
| Marta | Helena Pejšková |
| Lady | Jana Pracharová |
Credits
| Director | Jan Němec |
| Story | Ester Krumbachová |
| Screenplay | Ester Krumbachová and Jan Němec |
| Cinematography | Jaromír Sofr |
| Art director | Oldrich Bosák |
| Editor | Miloslav Hájek |
| Costumes | Ester Krumbachová |
| Music | Karel Mareš |
