Directed by:
Jan SvěrákScreenplay:
Jan SvěrákCinematography:
Vladimír SmutnýComposer:
Michal NovinskiCast:
Ondřej Vetchý, Tereza Ramba, Alois Grec, Jan Tříska, Viera Pavlíková, Oldřich Kaiser, Zuzana Stivínová, Hynek Čermák, Petra Špalková, Zdeněk Svěrák (more)Plots(1)
Eight-years-old Eda is a long-desired and anxiously protected child by parents who had lost one baby before. Now Eda became backup child; he even has the same name. After his father rejects to affiliate with Nazi invadors of Czechoslovakia in 1939, the family is forced to leave Prague and spend war times living with relatives in the countryside. Little town where Eda used to spend short holiday only, becomes his home for a while. The war provides mysterious adventures to Eda whose childish eyes can not percieve danger of difficult times. For him life feels strange but beautiful now – city boy lives in a tiny town, joins local boyish crew to spend days walking barefoot, notices beauty of girls for the first time and discovers both deep family secrets and his own bravery. Barefoot is lyrical feature film about childhood and heroism of ourselves. Chronologicaly and thematicaly, the film is the first episode of a tetralogy of movies Elementary School (1991), Kolya (1996) and Empties (2007) that were created and produced by family duo Jan Sverak and Zdenek Sverak. (Bioscop)
(more)Cast
Ondřej Vetchý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
The Elementary School (1991)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Tereza Ramba
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amerikánka Vol. 9: V dětském sanatoriu (2020) (theatrical recording)
BrainStorm (2008) (TV movie)
Amerikánka. Na vzletové ranveji (2022) (theatrical recording)
Alois Grec
Best movies:
Barefoot (2017)
Bethlehem Light (2022)
Jan Tříska
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Král Lear (2003) (theatrical recording)
The Elementary School (1991)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Viera Pavlíková
Slovak state
Best movies:
Suspicion (2022) (series)
Želary (2003)
Pacho, the Thief of Hybe (1975)
Oldřich Kaiser
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
U Tlučhořů (2010) (theatrical recording)
Rozčarovaní (1982) (TV movie)
Přišel na večeři (1981) (theatrical recording)
Zuzana Stivínová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Black Barons (1992)
Chef Speciality (1999) (TV movie)
Lost Gate (2012) (series)
Hynek Čermák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dabing Street (2014) (theatrical recording)
Prokletí rodu Baskervillů aneb Pozor zlý pes! (2004) (theatrical recording)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Petra Špalková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Šašek a královna (1985) (theatrical recording)
Kolya (1996)
Autumn Spring (2001)
Zdeněk Svěrák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dobytí severního pólu (2006) (theatrical recording)
Záskok (1997) (theatrical recording)
The Conquest of the North Pole (1987) (theatrical recording)
Sebastian Pošmourný
Best movies:
Murder in Polná (2016) (TV movie)
Barefoot (2017)
Wings of Christmas (2013)
Niklas Klinecký
Czech Republic
Best movies:
Barefoot (2017)
Miroslav Hanuš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Maškaráda čili Fantom Opery (2009) (theatrical recording)
Soudné sestry (2007) (theatrical recording)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Petr Brukner
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Dobytí severního pólu (2006) (theatrical recording)
Záskok (1997) (theatrical recording)
The Conquest of the North Pole (1987) (theatrical recording)
Miroslav Táborský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Maškaráda čili Fantom Opery (2009) (theatrical recording)
Soudné sestry (2007) (theatrical recording)
Kolya (1996)
Ivana Lokajová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Maškaráda čili Fantom Opery (2009) (theatrical recording)
Jak jsem se ztratil aneb Malá vánoční povídka (2002) (theatrical recording)
Lhář (2005) (theatrical recording)
Martin Havelka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Defender (2021) (series)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Rédl (2018) (series)
Martin Uhlíř
Czech Republic
Best movies:
Women on the Run (2019)
Gotthard (2016) (TV movie)
Barefoot (2017)
Václav Hubka
Best movies:
The Defender (2021) (series)
Barefoot (2017)
Martin and the Magical Forest (2021)