XC / Apr 13, 1962
The Coward (1962)
Directed by Jiří Weiss
1h 38minruntime
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Plot
In a remote Slovak village in the closing days of World War II, a schoolteacher and his young wife find a wounded Russian parachutist in their front yard just as the Germans are coming in to occupy their village. As his wife readily becomes involved with anti-Nazi partisans, the schoolteacher collaborates with the Germans in fear.
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Genres
DramaWar
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Zbabělec |
| Original language | Český (CS) |
| Spoken languages | Český |
| Production countries | Czechoslovakia |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Filmové studio Barrandov |
| Release date | 13 aprile 1962 |
| Executive producer | Karel Feix |
| Writer | Jiří Weiss, Ivan Bukovčan, Ota Ornest, Miloš Brož |
| Editing | Miroslav Hájek |
| Cinematography | Josef Střecha, Bedřich Baťka, Miroslav Mašek |
| Assistant directors | Marie Kaplanová, Jiří Mikeťuk, Jiří Minařík, Jiří Weiss |
| Camera operators | Bedřich Baťka, Miroslav Mašek, Josef Střecha |
| Additional photography | Bedřich Baťka, Miroslav Mašek, Josef Střecha |
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| Production design | Bohuslav Kulič, Vladimír Dvořák, Zeno Dostál, Jan Turek |
| Art direction | Vladimír Dvořák, Zeno Dostál, Jan Turek, Bohuslav Kulič |
| Set decoration | Zeno Dostál, Jan Turek, Vladimír Dvořák, Bohuslav Kulič |
| Music | Jiří Srnka, Milivoj Uzelac, Jiří Lenoch |
| Sound | Milivoj Uzelac, Jiří Lenoch, Jiří Srnka |
| Costume design | Karel Postřehovský, Karel Konrád, Božena Došlá, Věra Kubíková, Karel Marek, Pavel Gábor, Vlastimil Hasala |
| Makeup | Karel Konrád, Karel Postřehovský, Božena Došlá, Věra Kubíková, Karel Marek, Pavel Gábor, Vlastimil Hasala |
| Hairstyling | Karel Konrád, Karel Postřehovský, Božena Došlá, Věra Kubíková, Karel Marek, Pavel Gábor, Vlastimil Hasala |
Release dates
Theatrical release
Russia / Jan 21, 1963
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