CinemaOSMovie · 1964 · 0h 33m

Moravian Hellas

48%(5)IMDbDocumentary

Karel Vachek’s graduate film offers us a documentary essay which is both a light-hearted and aggressive little piece and also a parody of investigative film journalism. The Strážnice folk festival, backed by the cultural Party apparatus of the time, for years had little to commend itself to authentic folklore. In the film the event assumes the form of a bizarre stage spectacle with almost surrealistic elements that Vachek reinforces with unconventional approaches (commentary appearing as titles on screen, singing, declamations into the camera, feature etudes, the fusion of news coverage and fiction). The result is a stirring film collage depicting various characters, from crowd-pleasers, Easter egg decorators, kitsch artists and peddlers, to museologists and local residents, all of whom come up against the eccentric "identical” twin reporters Karel and Jan Saudek and a bored actress who appears as an extra. Using their special blend of irony and wit, they present us with the sad truth.

Directed byKarel Vachek

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 33m
Language
CS
Released
January 1, 1964
Studios
Krátký film Praha

Featuring

Cast & crew

5 credited
Starring

Josef Lebánek

Jan Saudek

Jan Saudek

Twin B

Kája Saudek

Twin A

Alena Skokanová

Alena Skokanová

Jožka Severin

Creative team
Directed by
Karel Vachek
Karel Vachek
Written by
Karel Vachek
Karel Vachek

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