Underplayed Gems

Great Solitude (1960)

Great Solitude poster
Original title
Velká samota
Directed by
Ladislav Helge
Genre
drama film
Country
Czechoslovakia
Runtime
1h 54m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A communist chairman of a cooperative farm faces the devastating consequences of collectivization in the Czech countryside. The film is a psychological portrait of this man and the destruction around him.

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What happens

Velká samota je československé filmové drama z roku 1959. Natočil jej režisér Ladislav Helge podle scénáře, který napsal spolu s Ivanem Křížem podle Křížovy stejnojmenné románové předlohy. Dvojice tak zopakovala svoji spolupráci z Helgeho prvotiny Škola otců (1967). Psychologický portrét komunistického předsedy JZD ukazuje katastrofální následky kolektivizace českého venkova. Ústřední postavu ztvárnil slovenský herec Július Pántik. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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