Directed by:
Stanislav BarabášCinematography:
Vladimír JešinaComposer:
Zdeněk LiškaCast:
Karol Machata, Ladislav Chudík, Jiří Sovák, Oľga Zöllnerová, Vlado Durdík st., Jana Hlaváčová, Karla Chadimová, Pavol Mattoš, Elena Zvaríková-Pappová (more)Plots(1)
A story set in the Slovak mountains at the end of WW II. It is a impressive picture of the horrors and absurdity of war presented through the characters of the child protagonists of the movie. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Karol Machata](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/782/160782023_1c59c7.jpg)
Karol Machata
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Midnight Mass (1962)
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
![Ladislav Chudík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268735_919694.jpg)
Ladislav Chudík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Midnight Mass (1962)
Henrich IV. (1987) (theatrical recording)
All My Loved Ones (1999)
![Jiří Sovák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268142_d299ab.jpg)
Jiří Sovák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Men About Town (1969)
Kolya (1996)
![Oľga Zöllnerová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268523_3dd189.jpg)
Oľga Zöllnerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Koniec a začiatok (1968) (TV movie)
In Bukva Courtyard (1993) (TV movie)
A Song About the Gray Pigeon (1961)
![Vlado Durdík st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/480/480014_b57b61.jpg)
Vlado Durdík st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Pštrosí večierok (1969) (TV movie)
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
Hernani (1967) (TV movie)
![Jana Hlaváčová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/337/164337541_2b7862.jpg)
Jana Hlaváčová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
![Karla Chadimová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/107/168107235_yata5s.jpg)
Karla Chadimová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
The Elementary School (1991)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Boys Will Be Boys (1975)
Pavol Mattoš
Best movies:
A Song About the Gray Pigeon (1961)
Šerif za mrežami (1965)
Správca skanzenu (1988)
![Elena Zvaríková-Pappová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/362/362130_e0fc57.jpg)
Elena Zvaríková-Pappová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Shop on Main Street (1965)
Forty-Four Mutineers (1957)
Kým kohút nezaspieva (1972)
![Ján Bzdúch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/313/313115_ec96ce.jpg)
Ján Bzdúch
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
A Song About the Gray Pigeon (1961)
St. Peter's Umbrella (1958)
The Case of Barnabáš Kos (1964)
![Otto Lackovič](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268646_e080c4.jpg)
Otto Lackovič
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Balada z hadrů (1960) (theatrical recording)
![Adam Matejka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/515/515845_da96f7.jpg)
Adam Matejka
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Shop on Main Street (1965)
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
Rok na dedine (1967) (TV movie)
![Jaroslav Rozsíval](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276076_13f542.jpg)
Jaroslav Rozsíval
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Riders in the Sky (1968)
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
Jánošík I., II. (1963)
![Július Vašek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268732_1a42c0.jpg)
Július Vašek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
The Copper Tower (1970)
The Ballad on the Seven Hanged (1968) (TV movie)
![Marián Kleis st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/127/186/127186507_76f7c4.jpg)
Marián Kleis st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Naši synovia (1975) (series)
Šťastie príde v nedeľu (1958)
A Song About the Gray Pigeon (1961)
![Ivan Krivosudský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268787_bbebc1.jpg)
Ivan Krivosudský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
Forty-Four Mutineers (1957)
![Viliam Polónyi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/386/386679_239553.jpg)
Viliam Polónyi
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself (1989)
Rok na dedine (1967) (TV movie)
The Millennial Bee (1983)
![Pavol Poláček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309375_2ab500.jpg)
Pavol Poláček
Best movies:
Naši synovia (1975) (series)
A Song About the Gray Pigeon (1961)
Trio Angelos (1963)
![Ľudovít Reiter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/462/162462258_52dcf4.jpg)
Ľudovít Reiter
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself (1989)
Forty-Four Mutineers (1957)
Nepokojná láska (1975) (series)
![Viktor Blaho](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/261/160261433_f20386.jpg)
Viktor Blaho
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
Hernani (1967) (TV movie)
Lekár umierajúceho času (1983) (series)