Catalogue of Czech Television Programmes
The Golden Eels film directed by Karel Kachyňa, inspired by Ota Pavel’s short stories, no doubt belongs to the best television dramas ever produced. The lyrical story, situated in the charming nature of the Berounka river valley in Central Bohemia, blends with contemplations on the substance of ordinary human happiness and man’s harmonious relation to nature. But at the same time, it is a reminiscence of the cruelty and oppression inflicted on both people and the landscape by the ravaging years of war and German occupation.
HD | 83´ | © 1979
director(s): Karel Kachyňa
producer(s): Czech Television
scriptwriter(s): Karel Kachyňa
director of photography: Jan Čuřík
cast: Vladimír Menšík, Slávka Hozová, Martin Mikuláš, Rudolf Hrušínský, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Eliška Balzerová, Jiří Císler, Tomáš Murdych, Michal Vejrostek, Zdeněk Martínek, Bronislav Poloczek, Karel Augusta, Václav Mareš, Josef Vorel, Zdeněk Zindel, Luděk Munzar
rights available: TV, Video, Internet
original language: Czech
other data: Awards: The Golden Eels television film won the main prize in the category of dramatic programmes at the 1979 PRIX ITALIA international festival.