The Fifth Horseman is Fear (1964)

Original title

A pátý jezdec je Strach

Directed by

Zbyněk Brynych

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Czechoslovakia

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

The film follows a Jewish doctor in Nazi-occupied Prague who tries to hide from the Gestapo. It shows how the constant fear of persecution slowly breaks down his mind and relationships.

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What happens

The Fifth Horseman Is Fear (Czech: A pátý jezdec je strach) is a 1965 Czechoslovak film about the Holocaust that was directed by Zbyněk Brynych. Instead of depicting gas chambers and concentration camps, the film examines the subtler but equally debilitating mental effects of oppression. It gets its name from the story of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse written about in the Book of Revelation. The film uses expressionist cinematography, and its film score is set to discordant piano music. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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