Long Live the Republic
134 mins
Oldrich is the runt of his village, beaten by his father, bullied by the other boys. But he has imagination on his side, and a wiry toughness they can’t defeat. The village is in turmoil, because the Nazi occupiers have just retreated and the Red Army is advancing. Oldrich dodges amid the mayhem and panic, taking his share of blows but always managing to stay one step ahead. Beautifully shot and darkly ironic, Karel Kachyna’s forgotten masterpiece jumbles reality, memory and fantasy to capture the intensity and confusion of childhood in a war zone.
Zdeněk Lstibůrek
Oldřich Vařeka zvaný Pinďa
Naděžda Gajerová
Oldřichova matka
Ladislav Fikar
Creative Producer
Leoš Karen
Production Design
Jan Procházka
Creative Producer
Karel Vejřík
Unit Production Manager
Erich Švabík
Executive Producer
Artur Stacha
Unit Production Manager
Jan Procházka
Screenplay
Miroslav Hájek
Editor
František Sádek
First Assistant Director
Lubomír Břinčil
Assistant Director
Jiří Pospíšil
Assistant Camera
Zdena Kracíková
Assistant Director
Milada Mikešová
First Assistant Director
Jaromír Šofr
Director of Photography
Jiří Macák
Assistant Camera
Jiří Lenoch
Sound
Rudolf Buneš
Makeup & Hair
Jan Procházka
Story
Ladislav Winkelhöfer
Set Decoration
Erik Hubáček
Production Manager
Alena Hejdánková
Makeup & Hair
Věra Kubíková
Costumer
Jiří Žůček
Set Decoration
Stanislav Petřek
Makeup & Hair
František Belfín
Conductor
Vlastimil Hasala
Costumer
Štěpán Koníček
Conductor
Vladimír Vojta
Production Manager
Ctibor Jeřábek
Assistant Production Manager
Olga Dimitrovová
Costume Design
Vladimír Tišer
Assistant Production Manager
Jiří Macháně
Camera Operator