Petr Kotlár, Udo Kier, Lech Dyblik, Jitka Čvančarová, Stellan Skarsgård, Harvey Keitel, Julian Sands, Julia Valentova, Aleksej Kravčenko, Barry Pepper, Petr Vaněk. Based on the book by Jerzy Kosinski. Filmed on location in Brno: Cejl Street Prison. Cataloging from container. Special features: behind-the-scenes film "11 colors of the bird = 11 barev ptáčete" (125 min.).
Summary:
"Jerzy Kosiński's autobiographical novel, upon which the film The Painted Bird is based, has been accompanied by a storm of controversy ever since its publication in 1965... The film is black and white, the lines partly spoken in so-called Interslavic, and tells the story of a boy wandering alone through the Polish and Ukrainian countryside during the Second World War. It is a highly dramatic tale of terror and cruelty on the one hand, and innocence and love on the other"--gotobrno.cz.
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