Archa bláznů aneb Vyprávění z konce života
105 mins
The director Ivan Balaďa was not allowed to finish this gloomy, black-and-white parable, inspired by Chekhov's short story Pavilion No. 6 - only after the fall of communism, more than twenty years later, did the film hit the cinema screens, unfortunately to negligible acclaim. In fact, it is only now that we can fully enjoy the story of an aging, increasingly exhausted mental institution doctor who is inexorably sinking to the level of his patients.
Zlatomír Vacek
Andrej Jefimyč Ragin
Vladimír Merta
Ivan Dmitrič Gromov
Slavoj Urban
Michail Averjanyč Goljubkin
Antonín Horák
Jevgenij Fjodoryč Chobotov
Hana Slivková
Marja Prokofjevna Chobotova
Ivan Králík
Sergej Sergejevič
Milica Linhartová
Naděžda Osipovna
André Maroun-Gédéon
Mojsejka
Vojtěch Ron
Lev Trofimovič
Ladislav Brothánek
Jefrim
Pavel Michailov
Nikita
Julius Matula
First Assistant Director
Tomáš Škrdlant
First Assistant Director
Ivan Frič
Second Assistant Director
Věra Houšková
Script Supervisor
Zdeněk Bláha
Dramaturgy
Juraj Šajmovič
Director of Photography
Bohumír Durčák
Camera Operator
Vlastimil Malaska
Assistant Camera
Jindřich Goetz
Production Design
Jaroslav Chytrý
Set Decoration
Eva Slívová
Set Decoration
Vlasta Malíková
Costumer
Oldřich Mach
Makeup & Hair
Jan Štětina
Makeup & Hair
Jan Valkoun
Makeup & Hair
Jiří Hora
Sound
Václav Rouha
Production Manager
Blažej Vráb
Unit Production Manager
Zdeňka Černá
Unit Production Manager
Ladislav Herz
Assistant Production Manager
Eva Charvátová
Clapper Loader
Ivan Minář
Still Photographer
Štěpán Koníček
Original Music Composer
Štěpán Koníček
Conductor
Jaroslav Kučera
Executive Producer