Hare Hunt

director: Miro Bernat

original title: Zaječí hony

year: 1960

running time: 20 min.

synopsis

Some creatures are born with wings, others live behind a fence and long for freedom. Stanislav Neumann's weaving, fairy-tale voice appeals for human compassion in this poetic film made for the Ministry of Agriculture. Millions of eyes of a persecuted nation of hares fight against hounds, bullets and exploitation.

biography

Miro Bernat (1910–1997) was a visual artist, theatre director, publicist and director. From the 1950s to the 1980s, he made over a hundred popular science films on the subject of nature, culture or the progress of civilisation. His short documentary Butterflies Do Not Live Here (1958) won the Palme d'Or at Cannes.

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director:

Miro Bernat

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