Directed by:
Václav KrškaScreenplay:
Oldřich DaněkCinematography:
Jaroslav TuzarComposer:
Jan F. FischerCast:
Karel Höger, Dana Medřická, Jarmila Smejkalová, Alena Kreuzmannová, Bedřich Vrbský, Svatopluk Matyáš, Jaromír Spal, František Kreuzmann st. (more)Plots(1)
In 1958, after making a series of biographical films, director Václav Krška recorded an uncompromising snapshot of the contemporary present day based on a screenplay by Oldřich Daněk. Karel Höger portrayed another one of his "torn-apart intellectuals", this time as an engineer named Štěrba, who, in the beginning of the film, seems to groundlessly reject an important proposal by his young colleague. Only gradually do we begin to understand the reasons for Štěrba's hostile behaviour towards his environment and his inclination towards alcohol. The film was so suggestive and critical that, shortly after the infamous Banská Bystrica conference, it ended up locked away in a safe for several years. Although today some elements (e.g. the music) seem relatively archaic, the film Scars of the Past remains one of the most important works of Czechoslovak post-war cinema. The voiceover by the main character, the oblique cinematography which illustrates his frame of mind, the series of night scenes, the play of light and shadow, the femme fatale... all these things entitle us to include Krška's film in the noir cycle. (Noir Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Jiří Papež
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Grandmother (1940)
Scars of the Past (1958)
Zdeněk Procházka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hvězda zvaná Pelyněk (1964)
Scars of the Past (1958)
The Treasure of a Byzantine Merchant (1966)
Zdeněk Jelínek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Královská hra (1980) (TV movie)
Dnes ještě zapadá slunce nad Atlantidou (1978) (TV movie)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Bohuš Rendl
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
O věcech nadpřirozených (1958)
Mist on the Moors (1943)
Scars of the Past (1958)
Jiří Pleskot
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
Jan Pohan
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Witchhammer (1969)
Emil Bolek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Secret of Blood (1953)
Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“ (1948)
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944)
Luba Skořepová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kočičí hra (1982) (theatrical recording)
Higher Principle (1960)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Vladimír Hrubý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Emilie Hráská
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Awakening (1959)
Příklady táhnou (1939)
Scars of the Past (1958)
Vítězslav Boček
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The White Disease (1937)
Krakatit (1948)
Happy Journey (1943)
Eva Kožnarová
Best movies:
Scars of the Past (1958)
Případ Lupínek (1960)
Jiřina Bohdalová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dům na nebesích (1984) (theatrical recording)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Pohádky pod sněhem (1985)