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THE PAINTED BIRD (JERZY KOSIŃSKI - THE PAINTED BIRD)
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Completed - Other, GERMAN, RUSSIAN, CZECH - Drama, Historical - 169 minutes

Log Line

Jerzy Kosinski, The Painted Bird © 1965, Houghton Mifflin, New York
Rights been obtained, April 2010, “Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning & Leadership”, Chicago, Illinois, USA
A dark masterpiece and harrowing story that follows the wanderings of a boy abandoned by his parents during World War II.

Year of production : 2019

Director(s) : Václav MARHOUL
Writer(s) : Václav MARHOUL
Cast : Petr KOTLÁR, Harvey KEITEL, Barry PEPPER, Stellan SKARSGAARD, Udo KIER, Julian SANDS, Tim KALKHOF, Dominik WEBER, Misa DOLEZALOVA, Zdenek PECHA, Lech DYBLIK, Jitka CVANCAROVA, Nina SHUNEVICH, Ostap DZYADEK, Pavel KŘÍŽ, Júlia VIDRNÁKOVÁ, Alla SOKOLOVA, Aleksey KRAVCHENKO, Petr VANĚK

Producer(s) : Václav MARHOUL (Silver Screen), Igor SAVYCHENKO (Directory Films), Zuzana MISTRÍKOVÁ (PubRes)

Synopsis

Based on the acclaimed Jerzy Kozinski novel, THE PAINTED BIRD is a meticulous 35mm black and white evocation of wild, primitive Eastern Europe at the bloody close of World War II.

The film follows the journey of The Boy, entrusted by his persecuted parents to an elderly foster mother. The old woman soon dies and the Boy is on his own, wandering through the country-side, from village to farmhouse. As he struggles for survival, The Boy suffers through extraordinary brutality meted out by the ignorant, superstitious peasants and he witnesses the terrifying violence of the efficient, ruthless soldiers, both Russian and German.

When the war ends, The Boy has been changed, forever.

Production

Country(ies) : CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA, UKRAINE

Financing plan : Czech Television (Czech Republic)
Eduard & Milada Kucera (Czech Republic)
Directory Films (Ukraine)
RTVS (Slovakia)
Certicon (Czech Republic)
innogy (Czech Republic)
PubRes (Slovakia)
Richard Kaucký (Czech Republic)
Alexander Kushaev (UK)

SALES AGENT / WORLDWIDE:
Celluloid Dreams - Hengameh Panahi (France)



Start of shooting : March 2017

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Festivals and Awards

ScripTeast 2013
PFM 2014
Toronto - TIFF 2019 (Special Presentation)
Venice - Biennale 2019 (Main Competition)
BIF London 2019
Camerimage 2019
Warszaw IFF 2019


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