Completed - CZECH - Drama, Horror - 81 minutes
„THE CINEMATIC POEM FROM THE HORROR FLOWERS WRITTEN BY K.J. ERBEN “ Seven seemingly unconnected fairy tales - glued together only by folklore, mood, color and light - make up this Czech collection of visual poetry. The original piece of literature, written by Karel Jaromír Erben in 1853.
Year of production : 2000 Director(s) : F.A. BRABEC Cast : Aňa GEISLEROVÁ, Boleslav POLÍVKA, Jana ŠVANDOVÁ, Karel RODEN, Linda RYBOVÁ, Stela ZÁZVORKOVÁ
The authors of the movie decided to chose seven of the ballads and make them a film poetry of a very new style. It is a composition of photography, music and a fascinating landscape and architecture. • „Bouquet“ tells a story about little orphans crying for their mother. • „The Waterman“ is a fascinating slightly horror story about a waterman who falls in love with a country girl. Most of the scenes are shot really in the water and make this very authentic. • „The Noon Witch“ is narrating about a desperate, tired mother and a greedy old noon witch. • „Wedding Shirts“ is a romantic horror played between our world and the world of the dead. • „The Golden Spinning“ Wheel is a colourful story about the confusing similarity of faces when characters are totally different. • „The Daughter’s Curse“is in fact an unfortunate misunderstanding between two different generations. • „Christmas Eve“ is closing the circle of a human life in the person of an old woman who accepts her death as a natural ending of her life.
Country(ies) : CZECH REPUBLIC