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.
Zdeněk Lstibůrek
as Oldřich Vařeka zvaný Pinďa
Naděžda Gajerová
as Oldřichova matka
Vlado Müller
as Oldřichův otec
Gustáv Valach
as pacholek
Юрий Назаров
as sovětský důstojník
Iva Janžurová
as Bertýna Petrželová
Jindra Rathová
as
Jaroslava Vysloužilová
as
Эдуард Бредун
as
Jiří Chmelař
as
Josef Karlík
as
Vladimír Stach
as
