Coach to Vienna
Coach to Vienna (Czech: Kočár do Vídně; in USA released as Carriage to Vienna) is a 1966 Czech war drama directed by Karel Kachyňa.[1] 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. The film was banned from distribution after Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.[2]
| Coach to Vienna | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Karel Kachyňa |
| Written by | Jan Procházka Karel Kachyňa |
| Starring | Iva Janžurová Jaromír Hanzlík Luděk Munzar |
| Cinematography | Josef Illík |
| Edited by | Miroslav Hájek |
| Music by | Jan Novák |
| Distributed by | Ústřední půjčovna filmů |
Release date | 11 November 1966 |
Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Languages | Czech German Russian |
| Budget | 1,450,000 Kčs |
Plot
In May 1945 two Wehrmacht deserters force a young Czech widow to transport them to Vienna. She sees this as an opportunity to revenge her husband who was executed by the Nazis.
Cast
- Iva Janžurová as Krista, the widow
- Jaromír Hanzlík as Austrian soldier Hans
- Luděk Munzar as injured soldier Günther
- Vladimír Ptáček as Partisan
- Ivo Niederle as Partisan
- Jiří Žák as Partisan
- Zdeněk Jarolímek as Partisan
- Ladislav Jandoš as Partisan
References
- "Kočár do Vídně (1966)". Filmový přehled (in Czech). Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- "TELEVIZIONÁŘ: Protičeský. Také protiněmecký i protipartyzánský". iDNES.cz. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
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