Short film

Village

1969 · 11 min

A quiet, uneasy documentary short that watches a community's trust curdle under occupation, leaving a lingering chill.

Directed by: Vladimír Drha
Genres: Documentary

Overview: One of the immediate consequences of the "temporary stay" of the Warsaw Pact troops on the territory of Czechoslovakia. The garrison of the Czechoslovak People's Army was suddenly transferred to Slovakia in the autumn of 1968, and a unit of the occupying Soviet Army was deployed in its place. The age-old symbiosis of soldiers with the adjacent village is completely disrupted, distrust and fear are beginning to spread among the villagers.

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Directed by: Vladimír Drha
Genres: Documentary

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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: war
power
isolation
fate
politics
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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