Pasáček z doliny | |
Director: | František Vláčil |
Starring: | Vlastimil Drbal Josef Kemr |
Runtime: | 90 min |
Country: | Czechoslovakia |
Language: | Czech |
Pasáček z doliny (English: The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley) is a 1984 Czechoslovak film. The film starred Vlastimil Drbal and Josef Kemr. It was based on a novel by Ladislav Fuks.[1]
The film is set in 1947 Beskydy. It follows a 10-year-old boy who regularly shepherds cows next to a destroyed German tank. He grandfather usually looks after him because the boy doesn't have a father and mother has to work. One evening, he meets two mysterious persons. He thinks it is a king of slapsticks with his scribe. They are in fact members of Ukrainian Insurgent Army who plan to plunder the village.[2]
The film has won an award in Bánská Bystrica for artistic execution.[3]