The Seventh Day, The Eighth Night
– An allegory set in an archetypal Czech village, it tells of what happens when a sequence of mysterio..
An allegory set in an archetypal Czech village, it tells of what happens when a sequence of mysterious events take place, including the disappearance of the stationmaster. While everything has a rational explanation, collective paranoia takes hold and everyone’s worst instincts are released. Interrogations, the abolition of rights and the search for scapegoats ultimately lead to murder
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Release Date:
01 Jun 1990
Language:
Czech
Director:
Evald Schorm
Writer:
Zdenek Mahler, Evald Schorm
Main Actors:
Jan Libícek, Václav Babka, Josef Bek, Karel Belohradský
Plot:
A bus arrives to the village, carrying a group of traveling actors who begin to perform passion plays from the Bible. Editor Alena (Kveta Fialová), lover of one of the actors, Baritone (...
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