
The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night
Overview
An allegory set in an archetypal Czech village, it tells of what happens when a sequence of mysterious events take place, including the disappearance of the stationmaster. While everything has a rational explanation, collective paranoia takes hold and everyone’s worst instincts are released. Interrogations, the abolition of rights and the search for scapegoats ultimately lead to murder
Movie Details
Languages
Czech
Studio
Filmové studio Barrandov
Key Crew

Zdeněk Mahler
Story

Zdeněk Mahler
Screenplay

Evald Schorm
Screenplay

Evald Schorm
Director
Cast

Jan Kačer

Bohumil Šmída

Jan Libíček
Joker

Květa Fialová

Josef Bek
Baritone / Christ

Bohumil Švarc

Luba Skořepová
Josef Němeček
Vladimír Jedenáctík
Jaroslav Wagner-Klenka
Jana Marková
Václav Špidla
Vladimír Ptáček
Eva Řepíková

Václav Trégl

Jaroslav Mareš

Jiří Hálek
Train Dispatcher

Nina Divíšková
Train Dispatcher's Wife
Karel Hovorka
Karel Bělohradský