Old Shatterhand Came To See Us
Dušan Hanák / Czechoslovakia / 1966 / 12 min.
synopsis
A sarcastic report on living in an enclosed reservation behind the iron curtain. Against the backdrop of a first-plan confrontation between natives and inquisitive strangers, Hanák, in a sequence of amusing visual and audio situations, uncovers the weariness of a socialist society tired of building “brighter tomorrows”.biography
Dušan Hanák (1938) is the creator of award-winning short films such as Learning (1965) and Day of Joy (1972). He made one of the most influential Slovak films of all time, the feature-length documentary Pictures of the Old World (1972). For the film I Love, You Love (1980), Hanák won the Berlinale 1989 Silver Bear for Best Director.more about film
| director: | Dušan Hanák |
contact
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Film at festival
| festival edition: | 2019 |
| section: | Slovak documentary film in the 1960s |
| format: | DCP |
| colour: | Black and white |
Info
| director: | Dušan Hanák |
| original title: | Prišiel k nám Old Shatterhand |
| country: | Czechoslovakia |
| year: | 1966 |
| running time: | 12 min. |
