10 Things I Learned: Pearls of the Czech New Wave
By May 04, 2012
Film Info
- Czechoslovakia
- 1966
- 70 minutes
- Black and White
- 1.33:1
- Czech
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
| 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 |
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