Long Live the Republic
1965
134 minutes
Overview
Oldrich is the runt of his village, beaten by his father, bullied by the other boys. But he has imagination on his side, and a wiry toughness they can’t defeat. The village is in turmoil, because the Nazi occupiers have just retreated and the Red Army is advancing. Oldrich dodges amid the mayhem and panic, taking his share of blows but always managing to stay one step ahead. Beautifully shot and darkly ironic, Karel Kachyna’s forgotten masterpiece jumbles reality, memory and fantasy to capture the intensity and confusion of childhood in a war zone.
Top Cast
Zdeněk Lstibůrek
Oldřich Vařeka zvaný Pinďa
Naděžda Gajerová
Oldřichova matka
Vlado Müller
Oldřichův otec
Gustáv Valach
pacholek
Yuriy Nazarov
sovětský důstojník
Iva Janžurová
Bertýna Petrželová
Jindra Rathová
Jaroslava Vysloužilová
Eduard Bredun
Jiří Chmelař
Josef Karlík
Vladimír Stach
Pavel Wuršer
Jan Handt
Vlastimil Kadeřábek
Miroslav Lerche
Jaroslav Urban
Milan Jedlička
P. Bohdanecký
O. Lozan
J. Kozel
Alena Černá
Štěpán Zemánek
K. Patek
Jindřiška Gabriela Preissová
Zdeněk Jarolímek
V. Podolák
František Šolc
František Golyšev
J. Vagrčka
J. Štegr
A. Vocílka
D. Svobodová
Karel Kachyňa
Oto Ševčík
Josef Vorel
Ivan Renč
Vít Olmer
Zdeněk Martínek
Miloš Nesvadba
Frank Argus
M. Fila
Alex Jandouš
Vladimír Kabeláč
Josef Bárta
Ilona Kubásková
Jan Kraus
Oldřich Vařeka zvaný Pinďa (voice)