The Fifth Rider is Fear : --A Pátý Jez̧dec je Strach
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Special features: onscreen introduction by Andrew Horton of Kinoeye; Facets Cine-notes collectible booklet; scene selection.
Miroslav Machacek, Olga Scheinpflugova, Jiří Adamira.
An aging Jewish doctor is forbidden to practice medicine in Prague during the Nazi occupation. He is employed in a warehouse as a clerk, cataloguing confiscated Jewish property. When a partisan is wounded, the doctor reluctantly agrees to treat him. The doctor hides him in his run-down apartment buiding as he sneaks through the black-market underworld of Prague in search of morphine to ease the man's pain, ever fearful of informant neighbors and vigilant authorities. Within a historical context, director Zbyněk Brynych creates a thinly-disguised allegory about contemporary communist Czechoslovakia that is rich in atmosphere and dark in tone. The expressionist cinematography and stellar performances make this lost masterwork an unforgettable viewing experience.
DVD; widescreen.
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SERIES
Masterpiece collection.
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
In Czech with English subtitles.
PUBLISHED
[Chicago, Ill.] : Facets Video, c2006.
Year Published: 2006
Description: 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
156580547X
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Brynych, Zbynek.
Bělohradská, Hana, 1929-
Kalábová, Věra, 1932-
Kalina, Radovan.
Macháček, Miroslav.
Scheinpflugová, Olga, 1902-
Adamira, Jiří.
Filmové studio Barrandov.
Československý filmexport.
Facets Video (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Feature films -- Czechoslovakia.
Jews -- Czechoslovakia -- History -- 20th century -- Drama.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Czechoslovakia -- Drama.
Czech language materials.
Czechoslovakia -- History -- 1938-1945 -- Drama.
Feature films.