A Feast of Snowdrops

Name: A Feast of Snowdrops
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2022-04-29
Cast: Rudolf Hrušínský, Jaromír Hanzlík, Josef Somr, Petr Čepek, Miloslav Štibich

In a small village, a dispute breaks out over a wild boar between eccentric hunters from neighbouring hunting groups. Adaptation of a book by Bohumil Hrabal.

Slavnosti sněženek

Jiří Menzel

Czechoslovakia 1983

Czech

English

83 min.

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About

Jiří Menzel directed six films based on literary works by Bohumil Hrabal. The penultimate of these was the 1983 film A Feast of Snowdrops. Hrabal’s eponymous book, which is a colorful collage of portraits of the inhabitants of a cottage settlement in the Central Bohemian village of Kersko. The film is set in the local restaurant, where seasonal holidaymakers and old-timers from Kersko gather day after day. The peaceful life of the village is disrupted by a grotesque boar hunt and the ensuing dispute between two groups of gamekeepers over who should get the trophy.

Digitally restored version of the film.

Credits

Director: Jiří Menzel

Based on: Bohumil Hrabal

Screenplay: Bohumil Hrabal, Jiří Menzel

Cinematography: Jiří Macák

Music: Jiří Šust

Sound: Karel Jaroš

Editing: Jiří Brožek

Production Design: Zbyněk Hloch

Producer: Jan Šuster

Costumes: Běla Suchá

Cast: Rudolf Hrušínský, Jaromír Hanzlík, Josef Somr, Petr Čepek, Miloslav Štibich, Petr Brukner, Rudolf Hrušínský ml., Eugen Jegorov