A documentary of peasant life in an isolated village in the Carpathian Mountains of Slovakia, starting in early spring and ending after the harvest. You have to look closely to see signs of the twentieth century.
Very lyrical and painterly, the picture looks as if it was shot for the Czechoslovakian Tourist Authority. Some scenes look staged and mostly the happy side of life there is shown (one title does mention that the men are away looking for work).
Some may also find the tourist shots of Prague that begin the picture interesting.
Shot silent. The reconstructed print comes with a nice symphonic sound track with some singing and folk music. The print I saw at New York's Museum of Modern Art only had Slovakian titles.
Very lyrical and painterly, the picture looks as if it was shot for the Czechoslovakian Tourist Authority. Some scenes look staged and mostly the happy side of life there is shown (one title does mention that the men are away looking for work).
Some may also find the tourist shots of Prague that begin the picture interesting.
Shot silent. The reconstructed print comes with a nice symphonic sound track with some singing and folk music. The print I saw at New York's Museum of Modern Art only had Slovakian titles.
