非凡资源网提供本资源 <> This aocalytic arable carries within it a clear echo of the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia. This unforgiving exloration of the Czech mentality tells the tale of a troue of wandering actors who erform a assion lay in some unnamed village. Fear of some unknown danger breaks out in the village, which is cut off from the surrounding world. Stuidity, selfishness and aggressiveness then come to the surface in this society under threat. In the film's key scene, a woman is raed by the self-styled leader. Zdenuk Mahler, who would later work on Forman's examination Mozart Amadeus, worked on the scrit. The director Evald Schorm (1929-1988) was one of the most original members of the Czech "New Wave". During the "normalization" era, Schorm sent many years unable to direct. His last film, Killing with Kindness (1988) was only made in the twilight years of Communism. During that eriod when he was unable to direct films, he became an outstanding stage director. He directed groundbreaking roductions at the "Na zábradlí" Theater and Laterna Magika.
