Shades of Fern

Shades of Fern (1986)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1986-01-01
  • User Rating: 5/10 from 10 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Language: Český
  • Production Company: Filmové studio Barrandov
  • Production Country: Czechoslovakia
  • Director: František Vláčil
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Summary

Based on the only extensive prose work by the surrealist painter Josef Capek, Shades of Fern most resembles the philosophical fairy tales and fables of Josef’s older brother, the legendary Czech novelist and playwright Karel Capek. Two young poachers, more boys than men, kill a gamekeeper when they are caught illegally hunting. Panicked, they retreat into a forest that grows steadily more forbidding and deadly as their fear for the future—and guilt over their action—mounts. Loosely based on hundreds of oral folk tales and legends that haunt the woods of Czechoslovakia, Vlácil’s contemporary updating artistically underscores the relationship between man and nature, crime and punishment, isolation and society, and guilt and memory.

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  • Marek Probosz

    as Ruda Aksamit
  • Zbigniew Suszyński

    as Vašek Kala
  • Miroslav Macháček

    as Keeper / Vagabond / Beggar
  • František Peterka

    as Father Aksamit
  • Vladimír Hlavatý

    as Čepelka
  • Milada Ježková

    as Čepelková
  • Josef Patočka

    as Elsner
  • Oldřich Velen

    as Police Officer
  • Jaroslav Tomsa

    as Policeman
  • Marta Vančurová

    as Rousová
  • Emma Černá

    as Keeper's Wife
  • Jana Švandová

    as
  • Jiří Schmitzer

    as
  • Zdeňka Sajfertová

    as
  • Petr Skarke

    as Marjánka
  • Vítězslav Jandák

    as Policeman
  • Arnošt Böhm

    as
  • Josef Pechanec

    as
  • Frantisek Stupka

    as
  • Jaroslav Špáňa

    as
  • Karel Vávrovec

    as
  • Jaroslav Vlk

    as
  • Soňa Novotná

    as
  • Karel Smrž

    as
  • Dobroslav Čech

    as
  • Bohumil Vávra

    as
  • Zdeněk Podhůrský

    as
  • Jitka Asterová

    as
  • Martina Bezoušková

    as
  • Vlastimil Drbal

    as
  • Karel Bělohradský

    as
  • Slávka Hamouzová

    as
  • Vlastimila Vlková

    as
  • Josef Blahož

    as Musician
  • Josef Čermák

    as Musician
  • Jan Forejt

    as Musician
  • Josef Fürst

    as Musician
  • Josef Kasl

    as Musician
  • Zdeněk Kesler

    as Musician
  • Jan Kopecký

    as Musician
  • Antonín Korb

    as Musician
  • Jaroslav Materna

    as Musician
  • Jiří Miloš

    as Musician
  • Vojtěch Říha

    as Musician
  • Jaroslav Šprunk

    as Musician
  • František Trnka

    as Musician
  • František Zikán

    as Musician
  • Ladislav Vacek

    as Musician
Directing František Vláčil Director
Sound Jiří F. Svoboda Original Music Composer
Camera František Uldrich Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up Theodor Pištěk Costume Design
Editing Miroslav Hájek Editor
Art Miloslav Dvořák Property Master
Art Vladimír Ježek Set Decoration
Directing Aleš Dospiva First Assistant Director
Writing Josef Čapek Novel
Directing Miroslav Čvorsjuk Assistant Director
Crew Václav Nývlt Dramaturgy
Art Roman Květoň Assistant Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Zuzana Máchová Lead Costumer
Production Vladimír Vojta Production Manager
Camera Miroslav Jirsa Still Photographer
Editing Magda Hájková Assistant Editor
Lighting Ivan Měšťan Gaffer
Production Bohumil Vlach Unit Production Manager
Writing František Vláčil Screenplay
Art Jaromír Švarc Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Blanka Haltufová Makeup & Hair
Camera Barbora Bílková Clapper Loader
Writing Jiří Blažek Creative Producer
Crew Eliška Vojtová Script
Camera Jiří Ondráček Camera Operator
Production Eva Kulhánková Assistant Production Manager
Production Jarmila Benešová Unit Production Manager
Writing Vladimír Körner Screenplay
Art Josef Večerek Set Decoration
Directing Ondřej Balík Assistant Director
Costume & Make-Up Jan Valkoun Makeup & Hair
Sound František Fabián Sound
Costume & Make-Up Věra Mírová Costumer
Costume & Make-Up František Havlíček Makeup & Hair
Sound Štěpán Koníček Conductor

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