Directed by:
Václav MarhoulScreenplay:
Václav MarhoulCinematography:
Vladimír SmutnýCast:
Petr Kotlár, Udo Kier, Michaela Doležalová, Zdeněk Pecha, Lech Dyblik, Jitka Čvančarová, Stellan Skarsgård, Harvey Keitel, Julian Sands (more)Plots(1)
Trying to protect their child from the mass extermination of Jews, a Jewish couple sends their son to a relative in the countryside somewhere in Eastern Europe. However, the boy's aunt dies unexpectedly and the child is forced to set out on a lone journey through the wild and hostile world governed only by local rules, prejudices and superstitions. When the war ends, his fight for physical survival is replaced by a different kind of a fight. A battle he may not even be aware of, a battle with himself, a battle for his soul, his future... (Bioscop)
(more)Cast
Zdeněk Krupička
Best movies:
The Painted Bird (2019)
Robert Bárta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Conquest of the North Pole (1987) (theatrical recording)
Blaník (1997) (theatrical recording)
České nebe: Cimrmanův dramatický kšaft (2012) (theatrical recording)
![Nataša Gáčová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/353/164353507_aa28ab.jpg)
Nataša Gáčová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nordost (2009) (theatrical recording)
The Defender (2021) (series)
Innocent Lies (2013) (series)
![Matěj Havelka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/999/165999887_12b0e7.jpg)
Matěj Havelka
Czech Republic
Best movies:
The Defender (2021) (series)
Oktopus (2023) (series)
The Painted Bird (2019)
![Lukáš Hložek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/507/160507715_6cde69.jpg)
Lukáš Hložek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Line of Separation (2015) (series)
Margrete: Queen of the North (2021)
The Painted Bird (2019)
![František Jílek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/347/163347927_eb714c.jpg)
František Jílek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Rašín (2018) (TV movie)
The Painted Bird (2019)
The Red Baron (2008)
![Veronika Schönová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/532/160532274_55fff8.jpg)
Veronika Schönová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Wisdom Teeth (2014) (TV movie)
The Painted Bird (2019)
Golden Sting (2018)
Ostap Dziadek
Ukraine
Best movies:
Hatred (2016)
The Painted Bird (2019)
Viddana (2020)
![Marian Malovanik](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/285/166285373_d3bbaf.jpg)
Marian Malovanik
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Nineties (2022) (series)
The Painted Bird (2019)