Shades of Fern (1986)
Drama
Based on the only extensive prose work by the surrealist painter Josef Capek, Shades of Fern most resembles the philosophical fairy tales and fables of Josef’s older brother, the legendary Czech novelist and playwright Karel Capek. Two young poachers, more boys than men, kill a gamekeeper when they are caught illegally hunting. Panicked, they retreat into a forest that grows steadily more forbidding and deadly as their fear for the future—and guilt over their action—mounts. Loosely based on hundreds of oral folk tales and legends that haunt the woods of Czechoslovakia, Vlácil’s contemporary updating artistically underscores the relationship between man and nature, crime and punishment, isolation and society, and guilt and memory.
Cast
Ruda Aksamit
Vašek Kala
Keeper's Wife
Marjánka
Policeman
Keeper / Vagabond / Beggar
Father Aksamit
Musician
Musician
Musician
Musician
Musician
Musician
Musician
Čepelka
Musician
Musician
Musician
Musician
Musician
Musician
Musician
Musician
Čepelková
Elsner
Police Officer
Policeman
Rousová
Crew
Director
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Editor
Costume Design
Creative Producer
First Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Script
Novel
Screenplay
Screenplay
Dramaturgy
Camera Operator
Assistant Director
Production Design
Assistant Production Design
Property Master
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Lead Costumer
Costumer
Makeup & Hair
Makeup & Hair
Makeup & Hair
Assistant Editor
Sound
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Assistant Production Manager
Clapper Loader
Gaffer
Still Photographer
Conductor