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...and the Fifth Horseman Is Fear

Original title: ...a pátý jezdec je Strach
  • 19651965
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 1h 40m
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...and the Fifth Horseman Is Fear (1965)
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A Jewish doctor in Nazi occupied Czech Republic (then Bohemia and Moravia) risks his life and attempts to regain his identity by assisting a wounded political fugitive.A Jewish doctor in Nazi occupied Czech Republic (then Bohemia and Moravia) risks his life and attempts to regain his identity by assisting a wounded political fugitive.A Jewish doctor in Nazi occupied Czech Republic (then Bohemia and Moravia) risks his life and attempts to regain his identity by assisting a wounded political fugitive.
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563
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63,338
17,875
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    • Director
      • Zbynek Brynych
    • Writers
      • Milan Nejedlý(technical screenplay)
      • Hana Belohradska(prose Bez krásy, bez límce)
      • Zbynek Brynych
    • Stars
      • Miroslav Machácek
      • Olga Scheinpflugová
      • Zdenka Procházková
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    • Director
      • Zbynek Brynych
    • Writers
      • Milan Nejedlý(technical screenplay)
      • Hana Belohradska(prose Bez krásy, bez límce)
      • Zbynek Brynych
    • Stars
      • Miroslav Machácek
      • Olga Scheinpflugová
      • Zdenka Procházková
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    • 11User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination

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    Miroslav Machácek
    Miroslav Machácek
    • docent Armin Braun
    Olga Scheinpflugová
    • Ucitelka hudby
    Zdenka Procházková
    Zdenka Procházková
    • Marta - manzelka Veselého
    Jirí Adamíra
    Jirí Adamíra
    • majitel domu JUDr. Karel Veselý l
    Josef Vinklár
    Josef Vinklár
    • velitel civilní obrany Vlastimil Fanta
    Ilja Prachar
    Ilja Prachar
    • rezník Sidlák
    Jana Pracharová
    • Vera - Sidlákova manzelka
    Jirí Vrstála
    Jirí Vrstála
    • Komisar
    Tomás Hádl
    • Honzik
    Eva Svobodová
    Eva Svobodová
    • domovnice Kratochvílová
    Jirí Pleskot
    Jirí Pleskot
    • Policista v civilu
    Milan Mach
    • Policista v civilu
    Mirko Musil
    Mirko Musil
    • Policista v civilu
    Roman Hemala
    • Policista v civilu
    Slávka Budínová
    Slávka Budínová
    • Helena - Wienerova zena
    Cestmír Randa
    Cestmír Randa
    • MUDr. Emil Wiener
    Karel Novacek
    • postrelený odbojár Pánek
    Alexandra Myskova
    • Excentricka
    • Director
      • Zbynek Brynych
    • Writers
      • Milan Nejedlý(technical screenplay)
      • Hana Belohradska(prose Bez krásy, bez límce) (screenplay)
      • Zbynek Brynych
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    • Trivia
      Jana Pracharová's debut.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Projectionist (1970)
    • Soundtracks
      Toccata and Fugue in D minor
      (uncredited)

      Music by Johann Sebastian Bach

      Played during the shower scene

    User reviews11

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    7/10
    Visually stunning and an unusual indirect presentation of the Nazi Holocaust
    Superlative camera angles for a Sixties film! Zbynek Brynych is one of the most important Czech directors after Milos Forman, Jiri Menzel and animator Jiri Trnka. The film is about the Nazi Holocaust while it is never openly stated in the film. The confiscated property of the Jews sent to concentration camps and a chimney emitting black smoke are the only close indirect indicators of the main subject. I couldn't spot the word Jews in the English subtitles. The visuals did show the Swastika in a casual manner on printed matter. The use of a young boy and the ominously empty streets are the highlights of the director's creativity. There are two different sequences of two different men on a bicycle--the differences speak volumes, even though the location is the same one. Varied reactions of the building's inhabitants, who knew each other, in the final sequence are amazingly well-captured by the director and his incredibly talented cinematographer Jan Kalis.
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    • Release date
      • May 6, 1968 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Czechoslovakia
    • Language
      • Czech
    • Also known as
      • The Fifth Rider Is Fear
    • Production companies
      • Filmové studio Barrandov
      • Ceskoslovenský Filmexport
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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