Pictures of the Old World(Movie, 1972)

Name: Pictures of the Old World
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1972
Duration: T01:4:00
Rating: 4

Original title: "Obrazy starého sveta" (Slovak/SK)

1h 4min | Genre: Documentary

Rating: 4.0/5 (with 11 votes)

Pictures of the Old World (Slovak: Obrazy starého sveta) is a 1972 Slovak documentary film by Dušan Hanák. The film is about old people who seemingly live at the edge of society. Pictures of the Old World was voted in 2000 by Slovak critics as the best Slovak film of all time. The film won the Best Non-Fiction Film at 1990 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards. The film was banned until 1988 and so it is officially premiered in July 1988. ()

Movie poster of Pictures of the Old World

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Awards & Nominations for Pictures of the Old World

European Film Award Special Mention

About Pictures of the Old World

A visual essay on the forgotten parts of Eastern Europe. The outskirts here are a Slovakian town in the Tatra Mountains. Though censored for 17 years, Dusan Hanáks poetic visual essay is not a political or even social film. It goes to far deeper and more fundamental levels of human experience. Inspired by the photographs of Martin Martinek, the films power lies in its unusual portraits of people whose raw visual beauty radiates from their very souls.

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Additional Information

Production country: Czechoslovakia

Shot in: Tatra Mountains

Based on the work of: Martin Martinček

Made by: Slovenská filmová tvorba Koliba (SFT), Slovenský film Bratislava

Original language: Slovak (SK)

Spoken languages: Slovak (SK)

Translated into 5 languages: Czech (CS), English (EN), Hungarian (HU), Slovak (SK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 07/10/1972

Cast: Ladislav Chudík

Director: Dušan Hanák

Producer: Juraj Král

Screenwriter: Dušan Hanák

Film Editor: Alfréd Benčič

Director of Photography: Alojz Hanúsek

Keywords: old man

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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