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Permanent Lights

1940 · 21 min

A short, earnest archival portrait that feels like a solemn national lecture, more instructive than immersive.

Directed by
Ivan Július Kovačevič
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Ivan Július Kovačevič, Mikuláš Huba, Magda Mederly-Kirschbaumová
Overview
A genealogical documentary about the “great men” of a nation that supposedly “needs to be seen standing up for itself”.

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Directed by
Ivan Július Kovačevič
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Ivan Július Kovačevič, Mikuláš Huba, Magda Mederly-Kirschbaumová
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • power
  • family
  • memory
  • politics
Places
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Ivan Július Kovačevič
Written by
Ivan Július Kovačevič
Starring
Ivan Július Kovačevič, Mikuláš Huba, Magda Mederly-Kirschbaumová
Cinematography
Bohumil Havránek
Runtime
21 min
Country
Czechoslovakia
Languages
Slovak

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