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Karel Kachyna
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Distinguished Czechoslovakian filmmaker Karel Kachyna is best known for his psychological dramas that take piercing looks into the lives of children and young teens. Born in Vyskov, Czechoslovakia, Kachyna was among the first to graduate from Prague's film school FAMU, where he initially studied cinematography. During the early '50s, Kachyna collaborated on short and feature-length documentaries with former classmate Vojtech Jasný. The two collaborated on their fictional feature-film debut Dnes Vecer Vsechno Skonci/Everything Ends Tonight in 1954, but then went their separate ways. In 1956, Kachyna made his first solo film but did not make much impact until the early '60s, when he began collaborating with scenarist Jan Prochazka. Together the two made films that strained the boundaries of government-imposed strictures and subtly criticized the Communist Party.
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When the exhausted Prochazka died, Kachyna started to look for a new partner, but fate took one friend after another from him. He lost Ota Pavel, Rudolf Kalcik and Dusan Hamsik. He outlived Jan Otcenasek and Ota Hofman. Death took them away and then took his wife as well.
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The last time Karel Kachyna's Krava was screened in London, it was shown a couple of weeks after Ivan Vojnar's Cesta pustym lesem (Click here for full and separate Kinoeye review). The proximity of the two showings was appropriate, as they have a number of features in common: they are both set in forest regions; they both portray provincial poverty; and they are both punctuated by contemplative shots of mist hanging over conifers in lush valleys. More significantly... they are both, in their own ways, dedicated to portraying the unrelenting struggle of life.
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One of Kachyna's first solo efforts was "King of the Sumava" (1959), which was set on the Czechoslovak-German border in the marshy region of Sumava in the summer of 1948 when many people fled the country after the communistic putsch. The film became immensely popular among the younger generation who appreciated the way it broke away from previous platitudinous political dramas, by creating recognisable characters. The film ... revealed one of the main elements of Kachyna's style: he preferred visual rather than dialogue scenes to move the plot along.
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This is an engaging drama by director Karel Kachyna about the growing pains of a young teen (Jorga Kotrbova) and the hardships of a noble steed mistreated by a cruel neighboring farmer. The teen is having a hard time figuring out adult modes of behavior, and at the same time her heart goes out to the horse that is suffering under the treatment of the farmer next door to her family. As the teen adopts the horse as a friend, some clarification will be sure to come on the meaning of adulthood and the benefits of compassion. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
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