Birds, Orphans and Fools (1969) ( Vtackovia, siroty a blazni ) ( Les oiseaux, les orphelins et les fous )

Birds, Orphans and Fools (1969) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Vtackovia, siroty a blazni
Alternate Title: Les oiseaux, les orphelins et les fous
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Slovenian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

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

Running Time:
78 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1969 and produced in:
Czech Republic ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Juraj Jakubisko

Written By:
Juraj Jakubisko
Karol Sidon

Actors:
Philippe Avron ..... Andrej
Jirí Sýkora ..... Yorick
Magda Vásáryová ..... Martha
Míla Beran ..... Landlord
Augustín Kubán ..... Sailor
Mikulas Ladizinsky ..... Partisan
Jana Stehnová ..... Nun

Synopsis:

This film is socialist-era Eastern European allegorical political manifesto and mirror held up to the Slovak soul. The film shows us the rubble of Bratislava just after the Prague spring. Maybe Spring came late to Bratislava. Maybe it never came at all. The film still has a cutting-edge feel more than 30 years after it was originally made. Its basic premise seems to be that life (or at least life in the Czechoslovak Soviet Socialist Republic at the end of the 1960s) drives one mad - and that madness leads to unthinkable barbarity. Hence the few truly nauseating scenes of violence. Still, a unique look at a unique place and time, with memorable images.

In this symbolic tragedy, two men and a woman act like children in the aftermath of war. They care for each other but often revert to selfishness, as all social structure and morality have been shattered by the conflict. When the girl runs off with one man, the other tracks down the departed duo and kills her.

Fantasy involving three orphans of war

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 19 July, 2020.