Directed by:
Vladimír MorávekCinematography:
Petr PříkaskýComposer:
Miloš ŠtědroňCast:
Jan Zadražil, Tereza Marečková, Martin Huba, Norbert Lichý, Eva Vrbková, Attila Mokos, Dominik Teleky, Peter Oszlík, Anna Čonková, Mark Kristián HochmanPlots(1)
“A burned-out group of Brno intellectuals decides to go to Kolochava in Ukraine to perform ‘A Ballad for a Bandit’ there.” With these words, the author's collective presents their film, in which they use primarily documentary imagery to compose a lyrical grotesque about an epochal trip, which might be their goal. But it doesn't have to be. The main tool of expression here is the film’s edit, which places various shots, statements, and meanings next to each other, often in a sort of productive conflict. Just like in a poem, the “poetic function” of art and its ability to serve as the primary tool for expressing beauty is manifested in full force before our very eyes. (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Jan Zadražil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Balada pro banditu (2012) (theatrical recording)
Innocent Lies (2013) (series)
Bludičky (2010) (TV movie)
Tereza Marečková
Czech Republic
Best movies:
Maria Theresa (2017) (series)
Božena (2021) (series)
Vitka (2020) (theatrical recording)
Martin Huba
Slovak state
Best movies:
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
Divided We Fall (2000)
Adolf Eichmann (1988) (TV movie)
Norbert Lichý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sluha dvou pánů (1999) (theatrical recording)
In the Shadow (2012)
Rédl (2018) (series)
Eva Vrbková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Stavrogin je ďábel (2005) (theatrical recording)
Balada pro banditu (2012) (theatrical recording)
Raskolnikov: jeho zločin a jeho trest (2009) (theatrical recording)
Attila Mokos
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Teacher (2016)
Broken Promise (2009)
The Ballad of Piargy (2022)
Dominik Teleky
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Defender (2021) (series)
Oktopus (2023) (series)
Vitka (2020) (theatrical recording)
Peter Oszlík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Všetko za národ (2011) (theatrical recording)
Broken Promise (2009)
Muzika (2007)
Anna Čonková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kôň (2022)
Bandits for a Ballad (2022)
Mark Kristián Hochman
Czech Republic
Best movies:
Sense of Tumour (2024) (series)
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
Brothers (2023)