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Coach to Vienna (Czech: Kočár do Vídně; in USA released as Carriage to Vienna) is a 1966 Czechoslovak war drama directed by Karel Kachyňa. The film was awarded the third prize at Karlovy Vary Film Festival in 1966, however it was also denounced as "disgraceful ideological mischief", anti-Czech, anti-German and anti-partisan by some critics.
Coach to Vienna (1966) In the waning days of World War II, a young Czech woman (Iva Janzurová) is forced by a pair of Austrian soldiers to accompany them on their journey from the Russian front to Vienna.
Apr 12, 2022 · In just depicting a German/Austrian soldier as anything other than pure evil, Coach to Vienna took a huge risk in Eastern European cinema, as Hans is revealed to be a genial, baby-ish, even naive character, in contrast to the mortally wounded Gunter (Luděk Munzar), a much more hardened Nazi.
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Directed by Karel Kachyňa • 1966 • Czechoslovakia. Starring Iva Janžurová, Jaromír Hanzlík, Luděk Munzar. In the waning days of World War II, a young Czech woman (Iva Janzurová) is forced by a pair of Austrian soldiers to accompany them on their journey from the Russian front to Vienna.
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Second Run’s transfer of a 4K restoration by the Czech National Film Archive is impressive. Much of Coach to Viennaconsists of close-ups and tight mid-shots, so the extreme detail in faces is particularly helpful in a film where so much is gleaned from tiny shifts in expression. There’s nary a sign of scratches or blemishes, and the even grain dist...
The audio commentary included here is a lively and fruitful conversation between film historians Mike White, Samm Deighan, and Kat Ellinger. The trio do an excellent job of balancing aesthetic analysis and historical context, discussing Kachyňa’s ability to create a disorienting sense of time and space and contextualizing the film with other Czech ...
Karel Kachyňa’s morally murky World War II parable gets a striking transfer and an illuminating commentary courtesy of Second Run.
Sep 10, 2012 · Janzurová is a war widow captured by two German deserters and forced to drive them by cart to the border. Sullenly vengeful, she makes the most of each pit stop to squirrel away the soldiers ...
Apr 4, 2022 · However, she was taken at gunpoint by a young Austrian (Jaromír Hanzlik), who demanded transport for himself and his mortally wounded comrade (Ludek Munzar) to Vienna via her horse and carriage. The fateful journey that followed is grippingly told in this acclaimed and controversial effort. 78 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Czech: Subtitles ...
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