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Forest (1969)
Directed by Ivan Balaďa
· 12m
A poetic melodramatic documentary inspired by the death of Jan Palach. The footage from the funeral is accompanied by the words of Maxim Gorky's Old Woman Izergil (On the Flaming Danek's Heart), sung by Kühn's mixed choir, solos by Milada Sýkorová and Jiří Němeček. The apotheosis of a leader who sacrificed himself to save his people, warning of the cowardice of the crowd.
Cast
Jiří Němeček
Crew
- Director
- Ivan Balaďa
- Screenplay
- Ivan Balaďa
- Director of Photography
- Ivan Koudelka, Juraj Šajmovič, Karel Hložek, Ivan Vojnár
- Original Music Composer
- Štěpán Koníček
- Editor
- Alois Fišárek
Details
- Original title
- Les
- Release date
- 1969-01-01
- Runtime
- 12m
- Original language
- CS
- Spoken languages
- Czech
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
- Production
- Československý armádní film