The Deserter and the Nomads
Cast & Crew
Juro Jakubisko
Stefan Ladizinský
August Kubán
Ferenc Gejza
Jana Stehnová
Helena Grodová
Film Details
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Synopsis
A trilogy of episodes illustrate the consequences of war. THE DESERTER concerns Kálmán, a gypsy who deserts the army during World War I and returns to his wife, Lila. At a wedding, Kálmán disquises himself as a gypsy bride but is recognized by Smrt, a White Russian Hussar who pursues and kills him. Meanwhile, another deserter in the village incites a riot directed against two wealthy landowners; the Hussars are called in and ruthlessly quash the revolt. SUNDAY deals with the commander of a patrol of Russian partisans who set up quarters in a farmhouse at the close of World War II. An itinerant egg seller comes to the farmhouse, and the Russians accuse him of being a German spy and execute him. News arrives of the end of the war, but a German patrol attacks the village, engaging the Russians in a bloody battle. THE NOMADS takes place in a futuristic world after World War III. In an underground cell, a group of elderly people persecute a man whom they believe represents death. Nevesta, a young woman, takes pity on him, and together they leave the shelter to search for survivors of the nuclear holocaust. When they find no signs of life, both the man and Nevesta die.
Director
Juro Jakubisko
Cast
Stefan Ladizinský
August Kubán
Ferenc Gejza
Jana Stehnová
Helena Grodová
Alexandra Sekulová
Va¿ek Kovarík
Franti¿ek Petö
Albert Pagác
Magda Vasaryová
Olga Adamcíková
Katarina Tekelová
Olga Vronská
Samuel Adamcík
Crew
Alfréd Bencic
Stanislav Dor¿ic
Moris Ergas
Juro Jakubisko
Juro Jakubisko
¿tepán Konícek
Alberto Liberati
Anna Lidaková
Ladislav Ondrejka
Alexander Pallós
Pier Francesco Poli
Maximilián Remen
Paolo Rugiero
Karol Sidon
Ladislav Tazký
Ivan Vanícek
Turi Vasile
Film Details
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Trivia
Notes
Produced in Czechoslovakia in 1968 as Zbehovia a putníci. Italian title: Il disertore e i nomadi. Original running time: 120 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1968
Released in United States September 1969
Shown at New York Film Festival September 27 & 29, 1969.
Released in United States 1968
Released in United States September 1969 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 27 & 29, 1969.)
