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Release, runtime and language
1965 · 134 mins · Czech
Starring
Yuriy Nazarov, Iva Janžurová, Jan Kraus, Karel Kachyňa, Oto Ševčík, Jindřiška Gabriela Preissová

Oldrich, the village outcast beaten by his father and bullied by peers, survives through imagination and toughness. As Nazis withdraw and the Red Army approaches, the hamlet falls into panic. He endures chaos, taking blows yet staying ahead. Karel Kachyňa’s ironic film blends reality, memory and fantasy to portray a child’s war‑zone experience.

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