Screenplay:
Antonín MášaComposer:
Jan KlusákCast:
Jaromír Hanzlík, Jiří Pleskot, Jiřina Jirásková, Vladimír Šmeral, Alexandra Myšková, Jana Brejchová, Jiří Holý, Miroslav Macháček, Nataša Gollová, Jan Kačer (more)Plots(1)
Young Michal’s disapproval of his father in this quasi-existential drama is to some extent more fundamental than the usual rebellion parents have to face as their children become adolescents. His father, a communist, was involved in shady party practices during the 1950s and now, in a somewhat more relaxed political climate, he attempts to deflect his guilt with bombastic speeches and recollections of his purported wartime heroics. His behaviour nevertheless reveals his uncertainty; he is groping in the dark just like his son, vainly seeking values to depend on. The “searching” of the film’s title is cleverly projected into the overall conception of the work: the characters speak to each other without understanding, and they roam restlessly from place to place without ever heading towards a specific goal. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Karel Vašta
Best movies:
Searching (1965)
Jiří Menzel
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Elementary School (1991)
The Cremator (1968)
Larks on a String (1969)
Martin Brož
Best movies:
Searching (1965)
Hynek Sedláček
Best movies:
Searching (1965)
Alena Kreuzmannová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
How to Get Dad Into Reform School (1978) (TV movie)
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Olga Čuříková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kamarád do deště (1988)
Searching (1965)
Roky prelomu (1989) (series)