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The Guard (1970)

★ 9.5/10 90 min Drama Czechoslovakia Czech
Director: Ivan Renč
Story by: Ivan Renč
Creative Producer: Bedřich Kubala
Screenplay by: Ivan Renč
Streaming: Not available

Description

Even in 1970, films were made, prepared in previous years and expressing the poetics of that time. Ivan Renč created an almost protocol parable, deliberately set outside time and space, playing out a supremely model situation. In a somewhat rambling and not always convincing story, it tells the story of a young prison guard who dreams of living on a lonely lighthouse. He is ridiculous in his own way, with a distorted character, he hardly finds any satisfaction in his job, he cannot command the slightest respect from the prisoners - and the hero then takes out his excess pressure by abusing a defenseless dog. And one day there will be a short circuit meeting.

Top Cast

Jiří Hrzán
Jiří Hrzán
Věra Tichánková
Věra Tichánková
Karel Mareš
Helene Verschuur Marie
Miloš Willig
Otto Ohnesorg Šalama
Václav Král
Nataša Gollová
Nataša Gollová

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