4/10/09

All My Good Countrymen

Czechoslovakia, 1969
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director:Vojtech Jasný
Producers: Vojtech Jasný
Writers: Jaroslav Jílovec
Awards: Cannes 1969 (Best Director)
Cast: Vlastimil Brodský, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Vladimír Mensík, Waldemar Matuska, Drahomira Hofmanová

Plot Summary:
Stories about seven friends in a small Moravian village following the socialization of Czechoslovakia in 1948, developing gradually into the story of Frantiek, the resister. The film offers some direct political criticism, particularly of the process of collectivizing agriculture. After the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, it was promptly banned.

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