O slavnosti a hostech [videorecording] / Ústřední půjčovna filmů v Praz uvádí ; scénář, Ester Krumbachová, Jan Němec ; rezie, Jan Němec ; Filmové studio Barrandov ; tvůrči skupina Erich Švabík, Jan Procházka.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Second Run Ltd.,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
1 videodisc (68 min.) : sd., b & w. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (17 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1966. Helena Pejšková, Jana Prachařová, Zdena Škvorecká, Pavel Bošek, Karel Mareš, Ivan Vyskočil, Jan Klusák, Jíři Němec, Ewald Schorm. New digital transfer with restored image and sound. Special features: video appreciation by Peter Hames (12 min.) and photo gallery. Program notes (17 p.) inserted in container.
Summary:
A political thriller that satirizes unquestioned conformity. A group of happy picnickers run afoul of a bullying sadist who has an unbreakable hold over his followers. After he interrogates one of them, a stranger then invites everyone to an elegant, formal banquet in the woods. The affair is bizarre, and ends with the group armed and hunting down a guest who chose not to remain.
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