The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night

The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night

1990•1h 43m•4.0/10

DramaMystery

Ratings

🎬TMDb

4.0/10(10)

An allegory set in an archetypal Czech village, it tells the story of what happens when a series of mysterious events take place, including the disappearance of the station master. While everything has a rational explanation, collective paranoia takes over and everyone's worst instincts are unleashed. Interrogations, disenfranchisement, and the search for scapegoats ultimately lead to murder. The movie was completed in 1969, but it was banned and not released till 1990, Evald Schorm who died in 1988 never saw it completed.

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Production

Filmové studio Barrandov

Language

CS

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Jan Kačer

Jan Kačer

Bohumil Šmída

Bohumil Šmída

Jan Libíček

Jan Libíček

Joker

Květa Fialová

Květa Fialová

Josef Bek

Josef Bek

Baritone / Christ

Bohumil Švarc

Bohumil Švarc

Luba Skořepová

Luba Skořepová

Josef Němeček

Vladimír Jedenáctík

Jaroslav Wagner-Klenka

Jana Marková

Václav Špidla

Vladimír Ptáček

Eva Řepíková

Václav Trégl

Václav Trégl

Jaroslav Mareš

Jaroslav Mareš

Jiří Hálek

Jiří Hálek

Train Dispatcher

Nina Divíšková

Nina Divíšková

Train Dispatcher's Wife

Karel Hovorka

Karel Bělohradský

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