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The Copper Tower

1970 · 82 min

A slow-burning, claustrophobic drama where quiet tension and emotional weight build as friendships are tested in an isolated mountain setting.

Directed by
Martin Hollý
Genres
Drama
Starring
Emília Vášáryová, Štefan Kvietik, Ivan Mistrík
Overview
A dramatic story of three friends happily spending time on their own in a mountain cottage in the High Tatras. On the arrival of the wife of one of them their perfect friendship is put to a test.

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Directed by
Martin Hollý
Genres
Drama
Starring
Emília Vášáryová, Štefan Kvietik, Ivan Mistrík
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • betrayal
  • isolation
  • love
  • death
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Martin Hollý
Written by
Ivan Bukovčan
Starring
Emília Vášáryová, Štefan Kvietik, Ivan Mistrík, Ivan Rajniak, Michal Dočolomanský, Vlado Müller, Slavo Drozd, Július Vašek
Music
Zdeněk Liška
Cinematography
Karol Krška
Runtime
82 min
Country
Czechoslovakia
Languages
Slovak

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