There Was a Miller On a River

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11 minutes, 35 mm, colour, 1971
Combined
Audience: adults
Commentary: off screen

Producer: KF a.s. - Studio Bratri v triku
Director: Jiri Brdecka
Designer: Eva Svankmajerova

A picture based on an old folk song tells us a horrifying story about a soldier returning home after twenty years. His parents do not recognise him, they rob and kill him. After they find out the truth they kill themselves, too. The picture revives the charm of the ancient songs and their naive illustrations.

All films directed by Jiri Brdecka:
An Airship and Love • The Beatitude of Love • The Copper Prince's Thirteenth Chamber • The Face • How Man Learned to Fly • How the Wise Aristotle Became Even Wiser • Incorrectly Drawn Hen • Looove! • Man Under Water • Metamorpheus • Reason and Emotion • The Revenge • Slovce M • There Was a Miller On a River • Up To the Huntsman's Watch • What I Did Not Say To the Prince • Why Are You Smiling, Mona Lisa?

All films designed by Eva Svankmajerova:
There Was a Miller On a River