Divoká srdce

Drama / Historical / Anthology
Czechoslovakia, 1989, 103 min

Directed by:

Jaroslav Soukup

Based on:

Alexander Pushkin (short story), Giacomo Casanova (book)

Cinematography:

Vladimír Smutný

Composer:

Zdeněk Barták

Cast:

Marek Vašut, Zlata Adamovská, Jiří Bartoška, Karel Greif, Vladimír Ráž, Lukáš Vaculík, Michaela Kuklová, Pavel Nový, Boris Rösner, Antonín Procházka (more)
(more professions)

Reviews (1)

NinadeL 

all reviews of this user

English If we disregard Soukup as the father of teenage normalization cinema, we can find a number of interesting works in his filmography. Soukup was able to grapple tastefully with Arbes, Pushkin, and Casanova. And that's really not a small thing. I would have liked the original idea of doing a loose series of historical duels, but even just two stories combined in this film is very good. For a viewer who doesn't regularly read Pushkin, it may be surprising to learn how different the original story is and how it was able to elicit some of the best performances from actors of a weaker caliber today (Adamovská, Kuklová, Vaculík, Bartoška, Vašut). In the second half, the subtly indulgent Boris Rösner reigns supreme as Casanova, and I enjoy it. People are amazed and experts wonder, but the spicy girls also include Bílá, Chytrová, Kretschmerová and Sajfertová, and it works perfectly. The late era of cooperation between the Federal Security Service and Wiesbaden is simply too good. ()

Gallery (1)