Several of the works of writer Bohumil Říha have been filmed. This novel by the pro-regime writer also inspired a children’s film, which was directed in 1981 by the experienced family filmmaker Václav Gajer. The story takes place in 1947 and it is based on the popular model of the relationship between a human hero and an indomitable animal protagonist. The tale of the freedom necessary for life, is, of course, beholden to the standards of the time: the Hucul horse that heals an old villager, has remained in the small village in Šumava after the Soviet soldiers have left. This is a pleasing movie that engages with the acting performance of Zdeněk Řehoř and the depiction of the indisputable beauty of the Šumava landscape as shot by cameraman Jan Němeček.
Unfortunately the movie Divoký koník Ryn is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Václav Gajer | Director |
Writing | Bohumil Říha | Book |
Writing | Bohumil Říha | Screenplay |
Writing | Václav Gajer | Screenplay |
Directing | Josef Jarolímek | First Assistant Director |
Directing | Václav Křístek | Assistant Director |
Crew | Lenka Němečková | Script |
Crew | Marcela Pittermannová | Dramaturgy |
Camera | Jan Němeček | Director of Photography |
Camera | Karel Hejsek | Camera Operator |
Camera | Martin Grošup | Assistant Camera |
Art | Karel Lier | Production Design |
Art | Libuše Jahodová | Assistant Production Design |
Art | Jiří Forst | Set Decoration |
Art | Miloslav Dvořák | Set Decoration |
Art | Václav Kalous | Set Decoration |
Art | Pavel Svoboda | Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | Marta Kaplerová | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Aša Teršová | Costumer |
Costume & Make-Up | Petra Jáchimová | Costumer |
Costume & Make-Up | Miloslav Jandera | Makeup & Hair |
Costume & Make-Up | Božena Došlá | Makeup & Hair |
Costume & Make-Up | Ivana Frýdová Bissingerová | Makeup & Hair |
Editing | Petr Sitár | Editor |
Editing | Růžena Hejsková | Assistant Editor |
Editing | Eva Horázná | Assistant Editor |
Sound | Ladislav Hausdorf | Sound |
Crew | Jaroslav Klenot | Stunts |
Crew | Jiří Klenot | Stunts |
Crew | František Ledecký | Stunts |
Production | Jaroslav Řeřicha | Production Manager |
Production | Evelyna Jarolímková | Unit Production Manager |
Production | Milana Melcerová | Unit Production Manager |
Production | Jan Bílek | Assistant Production Manager |
Camera | Eva Marková | Clapper Loader |
Camera | Miroslav Pešan | Still Photographer |
Sound | Luboš Sluka | Original Music Composer |
Sound | Mario Klemens | Conductor |
Writing | Michal Černík | Lyricist |