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Shades of Fern

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Drama

1986-01-01

90 mins

The Plot

Based on the only extensive prose work by the surrealist painter Josef Capek, Shades of Fern most resembles the philosophical fairy tales and fables of Josef’s older brother, the legendary Czech novelist and playwright Karel Capek. Two young poachers, more boys than men, kill a gamekeeper when they are caught illegally hunting. Panicked, they retreat into a forest that grows steadily more forbidding and deadly as their fear for the future—and guilt over their action—mounts. Loosely based on hundreds of oral folk tales and legends that haunt the woods of Czechoslovakia, Vlácil’s contemporary updating artistically underscores the relationship between man and nature, crime and punishment, isolation and society, and guilt and memory.

Cast and Crew

Marek Probosz

Marek Probosz

Ruda Aksamit

Zbigniew Suszyński

Zbigniew Suszyński

Vašek Kala

Miroslav Macháček

Miroslav Macháček

Keeper / Vagabond / Beggar

František Peterka

František Peterka

Father Aksamit

Vladimír Hlavatý

Vladimír Hlavatý

Čepelka

Milada Ježková

Milada Ježková

Čepelková

Josef Patočka

Josef Patočka

Elsner

Oldřich Velen

Oldřich Velen

Police Officer

Jaroslav Tomsa

Jaroslav Tomsa

Policeman

Marta Vančurová

Marta Vančurová

Rousová

Emma Černá

Emma Černá

Keeper's Wife

Jana Švandová

Jana Švandová

Jiří Schmitzer

Jiří Schmitzer

Zdeňka Sajfertová

Zdeňka Sajfertová

Petr Skarke

Petr Skarke

Marjánka

Vítězslav Jandák

Vítězslav Jandák

Policeman

Arnošt Böhm

Arnošt Böhm

Josef Pechanec

Josef Pechanec

Frantisek Stupka

Frantisek Stupka

Jaroslav Špáňa

Jaroslav Špáňa

Karel Vávrovec

Karel Vávrovec

Jaroslav Vlk

Jaroslav Vlk

Soňa Novotná

Soňa Novotná

Karel Smrž

Karel Smrž

Dobroslav Čech

Dobroslav Čech

Bohumil Vávra

Bohumil Vávra

Zdeněk Podhůrský

Zdeněk Podhůrský

Jitka Asterová

Jitka Asterová

Martina Bezoušková

Martina Bezoušková

Vlastimil Drbal

Vlastimil Drbal

Karel Bělohradský

Karel Bělohradský

Slávka Hamouzová

Slávka Hamouzová

Vlastimila Vlková

Vlastimila Vlková

Josef Blahož

Josef Blahož

Musician

Josef Čermák

Josef Čermák

Musician

Jan Forejt

Jan Forejt

Musician

Josef Fürst

Josef Fürst

Musician

Josef Kasl

Josef Kasl

Musician

Zdeněk Kesler

Zdeněk Kesler

Musician

Jan Kopecký

Jan Kopecký

Musician

Antonín Korb

Antonín Korb

Musician

Jaroslav Materna

Jaroslav Materna

Musician

Jiří Miloš

Jiří Miloš

Musician

Vojtěch Říha

Vojtěch Říha

Musician

Jaroslav Šprunk

Jaroslav Šprunk

Musician

František Trnka

František Trnka

Musician

František Zikán

František Zikán

Musician

Ladislav Vacek

Ladislav Vacek

Musician

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