The Lanfier Colony
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Directed by | Jan Schmidt |
Written by | Alexander Grin Jan Schmidt |
Starring | Juozas Budraitis Zuzana Kocúriková Václav Neckář Michal Dočolomanský |
Cinematography | Jiří Macháně |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Countries | Czechoslovakia Soviet Union |
Languages | Czech Russian |
The Lanfier Colony(Czech:Kolonie Lanfieri,Russian:Колония Ланфиер) is a 1969 Czech-Sovietaction,romantic,drama filmdirected byJan Schmidt.[1][2]It was entered into the6th Moscow International Film Festival.[3]
Plot
[edit]Tired of life on the continent, Horn convinces the captain of a Dutch sailing ship to land it on the shore of distant island.
Residents of the small village greet the newly arrived colonist with a barely concealed distaste, but he is in no hurry to make new friends and makes his home far away from people.
Horn is dreaming about solitude, because in his previous life behind him he left only disappointment; unrequited love, and failed attempts to make money on the tea trade.
Of all the inhabitants of the islands Horn befriends only two, poor lonely wretches just like him; feeble-minded Bekeko and beautiful Esther who is forced to prepare for a wedding with a man she does not love.
Horn finds a gold deposit located near a river. Now he wants only one thing – to collect as much precious metal as possible, return to the mainland and try to start over. Horn separates itself from Bekeko and refuses Esther's offer to live together.
Horn's discourse with the younger Dribb, Esther's fiancé is followed by a quarrel and exchanged gunshots. Wounded Dribb rides out for help, and soon Horn is forced to face the well-armed squad of people who hate him.
Cast
[edit]- Juozas Budraitisas Horn
- Zuzana Kocúrikováas Ester
- Václav Neckářas Fool Bekeko
- Michal Dočolomanskýas Young Dribb
- Josef Elsneras Old Dribb
- Bolot Beyshenaliyevas Goupi - swineherd
- Beta Ponicanovaas Saba
- Bohumil Vávraas Astis - Ester's father
- Andrei Fajtas Lanfieri
References
[edit]- ^"Kolonie Lanfieri – Revue – Filmový přehled".Filmový přehled(in Czech).Retrieved23 July2017.
- ^"Kolonie Lanfieri / Kolonija Lanfier (1969)".CSFD.cz.Retrieved23 July2017.
- ^"6th Moscow International Film Festival (1969)".MIFF.Archived fromthe originalon 16 January 2013.Retrieved21 December2012.
External links
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- 1969 films
- 1969 drama films
- Czech action adventure films
- Czech romantic drama films
- 1960s Czech-language films
- Soviet action adventure films
- Soviet romantic drama films
- Soviet multilingual films
- Czechoslovak multilingual films
- 1960s Russian-language films
- Czech black-and-white films
- Czechoslovak black-and-white films
- Soviet black-and-white films
- Russian romantic drama films
- 1960s action adventure films
- Russian black-and-white films
- 1960s multilingual films
- 1960s Czech films
- Czech romantic action films
- Alexander Grin
- 1960s Soviet films
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