The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night

Jun 1, 1990

1h 43m

★ 4.0

Overview

An allegory set in an archetypal Czech village, it tells the story of what happens when a series of mysterious events take place, including the disappearance of the station master. While everything has a rational explanation, collective paranoia takes over and everyone's worst instincts are unleashed. Interrogations, disenfranchisement, and the search for scapegoats ultimately lead to murder. The movie was completed in 1969, but it was banned and not released till 1990, Evald Schorm who died in 1988 never saw it completed.

Genres

Drama

Mystery

Production Companies

Filmové studio Barrandov

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Cast

Jan Kačer

Bohumil Šmída

Joker

Jan Libíček

Květa Fialová

Baritone / Christ

Josef Bek

Bohumil Švarc

Luba Skořepová

Josef Němeček

Vladimír Jedenáctík

Jaroslav Wagner-Klenka

Jana Marková

Václav Špidla

In the film, the creative forces of personalities from three spheres of art collide. The subtitle "The Game of Love and Hate" refers to the motivation of an old Czech medieval satire, the theme belongs to Antonín Přidal, an expert on this subject. His collaboration with Juraj Herz created a collage of past and present, an updated, sharp satire and a parable about the clash of human qualities that could not but end up in the vault. The music of the Prague Selection - Michael Kocáb and Michal Pavlíček - also contributed to the film's offensive provocativeness - the film was one of the reasons for their complete move to the underground. The dancing chorus of medieval citizens resembles more of a jumble of long-haired maniacs, the edge of a contemporary dump intrudes into the space of a medieval marketplace, and the characters oscillate between the past and the present, whether in their appearance, symbolism or behaviour.

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5.8

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7.2

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6.1

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