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Shades of Fern 1985

Runtime

90 mins

Language

Czech

Czech

Adapted from the sole prose work of painter Josef Capek, the film echoes the fairy‑tales of his brother Karel Capek. Two teenage poachers kill a gamekeeper and flee into a forest that becomes hostile as their fear and guilt rise. Drawing on folk legends, the story probes man's bond with nature, crime and punishment, isolation, society and memory.

Adapted from the sole prose work of painter Josef Capek, the film echoes the fairy‑tales of his brother Karel Capek. Two teenage poachers kill a gamekeeper and flee into a forest that becomes hostile as their fear and guilt rise. Drawing on folk legends, the story probes man's bond with nature, crime and punishment, isolation, society and memory.

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