Several of the works of writer Bohumil Říha have been filmed. This novel by the pro-regime writer also inspired a children’s film, which was directed in 1981 by the experienced family filmmaker Václav Gajer. The story takes place in 1947 and it is based on the popular model of the relationship between a human hero and an indomitable animal protagonist. The tale of the freedom necessary for life, is, of course, beholden to the standards of the time: the Hucul horse that heals an old villager, has remained in the small village in Šumava after the Soviet soldiers have left. This is a pleasing movie that engages with the acting performance of Zdeněk Řehoř and the depiction of the indisputable beauty of the Šumava landscape as shot by cameraman Jan Němeček.
Václav Gajer
Director
Zdeněk Řehoř
Antonín Jakub
Miloš Nedbal
Bratranec
Bedřich Prokoš
Miloslav Štibich
Jan Faltýnek
Jaroslava Tichá
Karolina Slunéčková
Veronika Gajerová
Jiří Hálek
The Twits58%
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!65%
PAW Patrol: Jet to the Rescue70%
Black Beauty67%
Because of Winn-Dixie64%
The Grinch69%
Little Lord Fauntleroy73%
Snoopy Presents: It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown73%
Flora & Ulysses64%
The Boxtrolls67%
The King of Kings82%
Sketch70%
Tři veteráni77%
Anne of Green Gables72%
Christopher Robin72%
Candy Cane Lane59%
Under Wraps68%
Magic Stocking65%
The Willoughbys70%
The Gruffalo74%
