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The Way through the Bleak Woods

The Way through the Bleak Woods

CZ, 1997, 87min.?

A black-and-white film FROM documentarist and cameraman Ivan Vojnár paced to the rhythm of a winter landscape. Set at the beginning of the last century, a man withdraws to distant parts to see if he can live in harmony with nature. The… More

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A black-and-white film FROM documentarist and cameraman Ivan Vojnár paced to the rhythm of a winter landscape. Set at the beginning of the last century, a man withdraws to distant parts to see if he can live in harmony with nature. The dramatically loose flow of the minimalistic plot is rounded out by the spiritual music of Irena Havlová and Vojtěch Havel and songs by accordionist Václav Koubek (who also stars).

The Way through the Bleak Woods
DirectorIvan Vojnár
ScreenwriterIvan Arsenjev
StoryIvan Arsenjev
Director of photographyJaromír Kačer
EditorAlois Fišárek
SoundMiroslav Hřebejk
FeaturingVáclav Koubek, Pavel Landovský, Jana Dolanská, Eliška Sirová, Karel Pospíšil, Jiří Soukup, Matěj Hládek, Vojtěch Kristen
ProducerČestmír Kopecký
Genre Feature
Production CompaniesČeská televize
Distribution in Czech RepublicBontonfilm
SalesČT – Telexport
Co-productionGaGa Production
Supported by fundCzech State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography
Premiere 09.10.1997
Award: Czech Lion 1997 – best design achievement (Vladimír Labský), IFF Noordelijk 1998 (Nizozemsko) – best film

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