The Death of the Beautiful Deer

Name: The Death of the Beautiful Deer
Genre: Drama, War, Comedy
Released: 2024-12-19
Cast: Karel Heřmánek, Marta Vančurová, Rudolf Hrušínský, Jiří Krampol, Lubor Tokoš

Poetic adaptation of Ota Pavel's autobiographical book about his happy childhood before the Second World War.

Smrt krásných srnců

Karel Kachyňa

Czechoslovakia 1986

Czech

92 min.

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This film is available until 31. 12. 2025 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.

About

Leo Popper, an agent of the Elektrolux company, spends beautiful moments with his family in the cottage of the ferryman Prošek on the banks of the Berounka River. Their lives are dramatically interrupted by the beginning of the war. Popper's cheerful spirit changes under the pressure of the times, but his vitality fully emerges during the occupation, when, almost under the eyes of the Germans, he fishes out his former pond and, at the risk of his life, procures venison so that his two children have a chance to survive the concentration camp.

Credits

Director: Karel Kachyňa

Based on: Ota Pavel

Screenplay: Karel Kachyňa, Dušan Hamšík

Cinematography: Vladimír Smutný

Music: Luboš Fišer

Sound: Pavel Jelínek

Editing: Jiří Brožek

Production Design: Karel Lier, Oldřich Okáč

Producer: Oldřich Mach

Costumes: Irena Greifová

Cast: Karel Heřmánek, Marta Vančurová, Rudolf Hrušínský, Jiří Krampol, Lubor Tokoš, Dana Vlková, Marek Valter, Ladislav Potměšil