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)
Naděžda Záhoráková
Costumer
Milan Dvořák
Original Music Composer
Jaroslav Klenot
Stunts
Jaroslav Solnička
Production Manager
František Nejedlý
Assistant Production Manager
Jiří Ondráček
Camera Operator
Roman Květoň
Assistant Production Design
Ladislav Winkelhöfer
Set Decoration
Milan Štěch
Unit Production Manager
Jiří Fried
Screenplay
Jiří Milfait
Special Effects
Libor Čížek
Set Decoration
Marie Rosenfelderová
Costumer
Miloš Kohout
Makeup & Hair
Luboš Kozák
Assistant Production Manager
Lenka Mojžíšová
Clapper Loader
Jaromír Švarc
Production Design
Jiří Žák
Set Decoration
František Havlíček
Makeup & Hair
Vítězslava Marčíková
Clapper Loader
Magda Hájková
Assistant Editor
Jaroslav Šanda
Stunts
Ludmila Venclíková
Unit Production Manager
Václav Erben
Creative Producer
Vladimír Murat
Assistant Camera
Jana Jarolímková
Makeup & Hair
František Fabián
Sound
Miloslav Mirvald
Still Photographer
František Belfín
Conductor
Ladislav Nezdařil
Lyricist
Oldřich Železný
Dramaturgy
Alena Zoubková
Costumer
Jiří Novák
Gaffer
František Uldrich
Director of Photography
Miroslav Hájek
Editor