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All My Good Countrymen

1969 · 121 min

A bittersweet, lyrical sweep through village life that slowly darkens as history closes in, leaving a quiet ache.

Overview
The lives of 7 friends in a small Czech town from 1945 to some time after 1958.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • corruption
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • freedom
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour4
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Vojtěch Jasný
Written by
Vojtěch Jasný
Starring
Radoslav Brzobohatý, Věra Galatíková, Vlastimil Brodský, Eva Blažková, Waldemar Matuška, Marie Málková, Vladimír Menšík, Pavel Pavlovský
Music
Svatopluk Havelka
Cinematography
Jaroslav Kučera
Runtime
121 min
Country
Czechoslovakia
Languages
Czech

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