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The Painted Bird (2019) — Ligoscope

The Painted Bird

Film · 2019

The Painted Bird

169 min · Directed by Václav Marhoul

War Drama Thriller

7.1189
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Light is visible only in the dark

After losing his parents, a young Jewish boy wanders Eastern Europe, seeking refuge during World War II.

Cast

Petr Kotlár

Joska

Nina Šunevič

Marta

Alla Sokolova

Olga

Udo Kier

Udo Kier

Miller

Michaela Doležalová

Michaela Doležalová

Miller's Wife

Stellan Skarsgård

Stellan Skarsgård

Hans

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

Priest

Julian Sands

Julian Sands

Garbos

Júlia Vidrnáková

Labina

Lech Dyblik

Lech Dyblik

Lekh

Aleksei Kravchenko

Aleksei Kravchenko

Gavrila

Barry Pepper

Barry Pepper

Mitka

Petr Vaněk

Petr Vaněk

Nikodém

Radim Fiala

Radim Fiala

Cossack

Jitka Čvančarová

Jitka Čvančarová

Ludmila

Tim Kalkhof

Tim Kalkhof

SS Officer

Alexander Leopold Schank

SS Officer

Filip Kaňkovský

Filip Kaňkovský

Merchant

Milan Šimáček

Milan Šimáček

Mayor

Pavel Kříž

Pavel Kříž

Avid Man

Dominik Weber

Dominik Weber

Luftwaffe Officer

Štěpán Havlín

Štěpán Havlín

Denisa Pfauserová

Denisa Pfauserová

Zdeněk Pecha

Zdeněk Pecha

Crew

Director: Václav Marhoul
Producer: Václav Marhoul, Richard Kaucký, Alexander Kushaev, Milada Kučerová, Eduard Kučera
Writer: Jerzy Kosiński, Václav Marhoul
Editor: Luděk Hudec
Cinematography: Vladimír Smutný
Production Design: Jan Vlasák
Art Direction: Vladyslav Dudko, Juraj Fábry
Sound: Jakub Čech, Pavel Rejholec, David Titěra, Martin Jílek
Costume: Helena Rovná-Dvořáková
Stunts: Jiří Kraus, Ladislav Lahoda

Details

Studios: Silver Screen, Česká televize, innogy Česká republika
Countries: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine
Languages: Czech, German, Latin
Release: September 12, 2019

Themes

child abusebased on novel or bookwar crimesfairy talejewish ghettoholocaust (shoah)world war iigerman-polish bordersexual violencegerman occupationbrutal deathviolent death

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