Svatba na bitevním poli
Directed by:
Dušan KleinScreenplay:
Eva PapouškováCinematography:
Peter BeňaComposer:
Karel HolasCast:
Bolek Polívka, Zlata Adamovská, Josef Somr, Miroslav Šimůnek, Jana Doleželová, Otmar Brancuzský, Roman Vojtek, Jitka Čvančarová, Marek Vašut, Jan Budař (more)Plots(1)
Distinctive characters, a kind view of their dreams, worries, and transgressions, which none of us can avoid, an original plot… This is the prepossessing setting of a comedy that takes us to Zvěstov, a picturesque Moravian village where the men like to re-enact a famous Napoleonic battle. They do it with such enthusiasm that they almost cause a tragedy and turn the romantic wedding of Tomas and a beautiful French girl, Claire, into bloodshed. In the end, everything is resolved with common sense and humour, but mostly with ordinary happiness and love, which drowns out all the sabre-rattling and is more powerful than dreams about fame. (official distributor synopsis)
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When during the zero years some piece of domestic comedy misery didn't succeed and quickly disappeared, a big betrayal could be expected. And The Wedding on the Battlefield was exactly such a betrayal. Nothing happened in it, nothing big or small mattered (the main plot about Polívka wanting the leading role in the local masquerade is embarrassing) and a few embarrassing actors and beautiful unused actresses made a living out of it. The viewer should feel almost guilty at the end for not liking the film, because everything in it is so non-violent, lively, and true at its core. It's not. If it were something embarrassing, trying and not working, I might be more forgiving. But when it really isn't about anything, there's no reason.
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I don't know, I had the feeling that nobody except Josef Somr even tried to act in this film. The Wedding on the Battlefield wanted to be a comedy, but in a very sad way it failed. It seems that Dušan Klein took a break from directing for a while, managed to get a few actors who didn't have anything going (and if they did, it was also a series that didn't need them), they spent a few weeks together in Moravia at Bolek Polívka's place, had fun in front of the cameras... And soon the film was finished. But why were they the only ones having fun? Why isn't the viewer having fun too? And what about the repeated advertisement for roofing material, the name of which I won't write here, because there has been enough of that blatant promotion? That’s too bad.
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