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…And the Fifth Horseman Is Fear
Why this pick
A claustrophobic Czech psychological nightmare of Nazi occupation, using distorted spaces, mounting paranoia, and moral pressure rather than conventional horror.
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MOVIE1969 1h 35m CZE
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The movie takes place against the backdrop of the political radicalization of Europe during the 1930s, more specifically the demise of the golden era of the First Czechoslovak Republic and the establishment of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia under Nazi Germany. Spiritually, the movie takes place in the aftermath of the death of Thubten Gyatso, the 13th Dalai Lama in 1933.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jiří Menzel
Dvořák
Marie Rosůlková
Zena dozadující se rakvicky
Nataša Gollová
Madam v masérském salonu
Jiří Hálek
Rámar Holý
Václav Kotva
Josífek Zajíc
Jan Kraus
Vojtík Prachar
Jana Šulcová
Ruzolící dívka
Oldřich Vízner
Kája