Dragon's Return ( Drak sa vracia ) ( The Return of Dragon )

Dragon's Return (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Drak sa vracia
Alternate Title: The Return of Dragon
Language Selections:
Czech ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
81 min + 22 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1968 and produced in:
Czech Republic ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Eduard Grecner

Written By:
Dobroslav Chrobak
Eduard Grecner

Actors:
Radovan Lukavský ..... Dragon
Gustáv Valach ..... Simon
Emília Vásáryová ..... Eva
Viliam Polónyi ..... Village Mayor
Jela Buckova ..... Drago
Jozef Cierny
Pavel Chrobak
Mikulás Ladizinský
Ivan Macho
Ján Mildner
Andrej Mojzis
Jan Pelech
Ludovit Reiter
Stefan Kvietik

Synopsis:

***ATTENTION***Slovak audio with English subtitles***One of the most exciting discoveries in Slovak cinema, Eduard Gre ner's Dragon's Return is an elemental ballad of love, hatred, revenge and desire. A reclusive potter, Martin Lepi - nicknamed 'Dragon' - returns to his isolated community years after being wrongly accused of a crime, punished and shunned by his village. His return immediately engenders an atmosphere of suspicion, fear, and simmering violence. Gre ner's hauntingly poetic film is also a revealing account of peasant life in a world isolated from history and the mainstream of socio-political events - beautifully realised by Vincent Rosinec s luminous monochrome cinematography, and enhanced by an award-winning score from Ilja Zeljenka. The story based on Dobroslav Chrobák s 1940s novella - was later adapted by filmmaker Alain Robbe-Grillet in The Man Who Lies (L homme qui ment, 1968), and Eden and After (L'éden et après, 1970).

This is a ballad about love, hate, and a search for a way out of loneliness. It is a dramatic story about the strange potter, Martin Leaps, nicknamed Dragon, who is suspected by the villagers as the cause of natural disasters. He lost his wife, his home, and his freedom due to false accusations. After years he returns to his native village. Putting his own life to risk, he saves a herd of sheep from a forest fire in the hills. But not even this heroic deed helps him to win back the friendship of the locals.

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