The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley
80 mins
In 1947 by the Beskid mountains, the traces of war still linger, destroyed tanks dispersed throughout the farmland creating an eerie backdrop. This film follows a ten-year-old boy and the strange visions he encounters, his world of fantasy exacerbated with ample time, space, and a lack of companionship or guidance. We see the adults that influence and dominate his life, for better or for worse. Surreal and packed with an excellent study of human emotions and motivations compounded by their rural, isolated vacuum of a town, this is a timeless and severely underrated film from a brilliant Czech director.
Vlastimil Drbal
Pasáček
Ludmila Slancová
Turist
Inka Šecová
Inn Keeper (voice)
Bohumila Dolejšová
Turist (voice)
Mirko Musil
Police Officer (voice)
Václav Erben
Creative Producer
Jiří Fried
Screenplay
Oldřich Železný
Dramaturgy
Jiří Ondráček
Camera Operator
Vladimír Murat
Assistant Camera
Jaromír Švarc
Production Design
Roman Květoň
Assistant Production Design
Ladislav Winkelhöfer
Set Decoration
Libor Čížek
Set Decoration
Jiří Žák
Set Decoration
Marie Rosenfelderová
Costumer
Alena Zoubková
Costumer
Naděžda Záhoráková
Costumer
František Havlíček
Makeup & Hair
Miloš Kohout
Makeup & Hair
Jana Jarolímková
Makeup & Hair
Magda Hájková
Assistant Editor
František Fabián
Sound
Jiří Milfait
Special Effects
Jaroslav Klenot
Stunts
Jaroslav Šanda
Stunts
Jaroslav Solnička
Production Manager
Milan Štěch
Unit Production Manager
Ludmila Venclíková
Unit Production Manager
František Nejedlý
Assistant Production Manager
Luboš Kozák
Assistant Production Manager
Vítězslava Marčíková
Clapper Loader
Lenka Mojžíšová
Clapper Loader
Jiří Novák
Gaffer
Miloslav Mirvald
Still Photographer
Milan Dvořák
Original Music Composer
František Belfín
Conductor
Ladislav Nezdařil
Lyricist
Miroslav Hájek
Editor
František Uldrich
Director of Photography