The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night

Overview

An allegory set in an archetypal Czech village, it tells the story of what happens when a series of mysterious events take place, including the disappearance of the station master. While everything has a rational explanation, collective paranoia takes over and everyone's worst instincts are unleashed. Interrogations, disenfranchisement, and the search for scapegoats ultimately lead to murder. The movie was completed in 1969, but it was banned and not released till 1990, Evald Schorm who died in 1988 never saw it completed.

Details

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