Jiří Kotlář

This farce cocerns Sweden's King Gustav (Per Oscarsson who plays all the lead roles). The royal monarchs of three major European countries are patiently or not-so-patiently hovering on the sidelines while watching the future King Gustav closely. No single king appears to possess the brains he was born with, so history seems to be made by default, as it were. Gustav does blunder around, but not enough to miss being crowned king. As a result, France, England, and Germany invade Sweden hoping to take by force what they could not gain by incompetence.

This historical film by Hynek Bočan touches upon the indecisiveness of the Czech nation, ready to bend the backbone in face of foreign rule. Situating the story at the close of the Thirty Year War enabled the depiction of the misery of the people that affects even an impoverished aristocratic milieu. Rudolf Hrušínský appears here in the role of an indecisive knight, persuaded for a long time and in vain to join the anti-Habsburg movement. The story does not only captivate through the depiction of manifold human characters, intrigues and sycophancy, but also through the circumstances ruling over the devastated farmstead, sunk in mud and crudeness. One of the best films with an updating tendency has come into being here, rightly being named along the such greats as Kladivo na čarodějnice (Witches' Hammer).

El prestigioso director Milos Forman rueda esta historia sobre la fiesta de cumpleaños de un veterano bombero.

Jan Nemec lleva a cabo una crítica contra el conformismo, la política de masas, el cuestionamiento de la libertad del individuo y las relaciones de patronazgo-clientela en un film que trata de explicar de modo alegórico cómo fue posible la implantación del comunismo en Checoslovaquia. Su carácter subversivo fue la causa de que fuera prohibida hasta la Revolución de Terciopelo de 1989. Fue un poderoso acicate durante las movilizaciones de la Primavera de Praga en 1968. (FILMAFFINITY) Tu crítica Puedes escribir una crítica