The Borders of a Shadow

Country

Czech Republic

Copyright

1996

Production year

1996

Premiere

28 November 1996

Runtime

85 min

Category

film

Genre

lyrical

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Hranice stínu

Czech title

Hranice stínu

English title

The Borders of a Shadow

Summary

A black-and-white film by made by Olomouc students as an alternative project following the path of lyricism despite the commerce-based world of today's film world. It tells the story of the search for home and the main character's return to his home village.

Cast

František Žaluda

Zavadil

Michaela Vetešková

Jiřina

Radek Kratochvíl

Andrej

Jan Kačer

Vaněk, otec Jiřiny

Nina Divíšková

Vaňková, matka Jiřiny

Tereza Pogodová

Terezka/matka Prokopa

Milan Hanuš

kněz

Martin Sedlák

Vojta/malý Prokop

Regina Vahalová

Anna

Miroslav Kahoun

ředitel školy

Jan Roubal

husopas

Blanka Ženožičková

Vít Mrázek

Pavel Taussig

hostinský

Miroslav Dočkal

Kristýna Vlachová

Crew and creators

Assistant Director

Marie Šindelářová

Based on

Jan Čep (Hranice stínu – román)

Dramaturg

Renáta Pavlištíková

Director of Photography

Veronika Müllerová

Camera Operator

Jiří Haas, Karel Hewanicki

Art Director

Jitka Tláskalová

Costume Designer

Jitka Tláskalová

Make-Up Artist

Blanka Ženožičková

Film Editor

Krasimira Veličková

Sound Designer

Jan Štorek

Titles Designed by

Veronika Müllerová

Producer

LAPUTA, společnost pro kulturní aktivitu, Olomouc

Music

Music Composed by

Irena Havlová, Vojtěch Havel

Music Performed by

Irena Havlová, Vojtěch Havel, Agon orchestr

Locations

Sulikov, Petrovice, Rozsíčka, Mladkov

Production info

Original Title

Hranice stínu

Czech Title

Hranice stínu

English Title

The Borders of a Shadow

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

lyrical

Origin country

Czech Republic

Copyright

1996

Production Year

1996

Premiere

premiere 28 November 1996 /recommended for 12 and over/

Distribution slogan

...a film about travelling, nostalgia and hope... The asocial world of a hero on the border of dream and reality, life and death.

Production

Studio Velehrad Olomouc, KRÁTKÝ FILM PRAHA a. s. (spolupráce), Česká televize (spolupráce), Televizní studio Brno (Česká televize)

Distribution

CINEMART, a. s., Profilm Prostějov

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

85 min

Original length in metres

2 543 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,19

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Intertitles languages

Czech

Opening/End credits languages

Czech