A Feast of Snowdrops
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
- Czechoslovakia 1983
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- English
- 83 min.
- Accessible
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
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