Desire / All My Good Countrymen (Blu-ray)

Directed by Vojtech Jasný

Starring: Radoslav Brzobohaty, Vera Galatíková, Vlastimil Brodsky, Vladimír Mensík, Waldenmar Matuska, Drahomíra Hofmanová, Pavel Pavlovsky, Václav Babka, Josef Hlinomaz, Karel Augusta, Jan Jakes, Jana Brejchová, Jirí Vala, Frantisek Vnoucek, Otto Simánek, Vera Tichánková, Václav Lohnisky, Zdenek Kutil, Ilja Racek, Anna Melísková

Contributors: Jaroslav Jílovec, Vojtech Jasny, Svatopluk Havelka, Jaroslav Kucera, Vladimir Valenta

Studio: Second Run
Main Language:
Czech
Subtitles:
English
Region: Region A,B,C
Release Date: 8 Aug 2022
Originally Issued: 1968
No of Discs: 2
Weight: 116g
Dimensions: 135 x 18 x 173 (mm)
Genre: World Cinema
BBFC Cert: (12) Suitable for 12 years and over.
Rental/Retail: Retail/Rental
Run Time: 216 minutes
Sound: Mono

Description

Collection of two films directed by Vojtech Jasny. His debut feature 'Desire' (1958) intertwines four stories of Czech rural life. 'All My Good Countrymen' (1968) explores the lives of seven friends in a small Moravian village following the socialisation of Czechoslovakia, from 1945 until 1958.

The film follows various residents of the rural communities as they struggle to adapt to life under the new communist regime.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Interviews: Vojtech Jany (1988); Drahomira Hofmanova (2015); Peter Hames on Vojtech Jasny (2015).
• Commentary: Projection booth audio commentary on 'All My Good Countrymen' with Mike White, Spencer Parsons and Chris Stachiw.
• Other Documentary: 'It's Not Always Cloudy'; 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.