The Moravian Land

(1978)

★ 7 IMDb · 2 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1978

Country: Czechoslovakia

Director: Antonín Kachlík

Cast: Radoslav Brzobohatý, Jaroslava Vysloužilová, Oldřich Vykypěl, Karel Kabíček, Stanislav Zindulka, Ilja Prachař, Vlasta Vlasáková, Zdeněk Maryška, Bohumil Pastorek, Květoslava Houdlová

Plot

The reason for making this film is clear: it was to cover up Vojtěch Jasný's famous chronicle "All the Good Natives", an account of the tragic consequences of forced collectivisation. The pro-regime director Antonín Kachlík also focuses on the socialisation of the Moravian village, accompanied by mistakes and coercion, but in his optimistic view he emphasises the hopeful prospects leading to a happy future. Although the united village lands were born in pain, they will serve for the benefit of all the working people... As with Jasný, Radek Brzobohatý embodies the stubborn peasant, who is only slowly acknowledging the benefits of communal farming. However, unlike the poetic exuberance and pithiness of Jasný's chronicle, here we encounter a vicious posturing.