Eagle Feather
d. Martin Hollý, Czechoslovakia, 1971, colour, 86 min.
A sequel to the Copper Tower, Eagle Feather continued the success of its predecessor in many ways. Two inseparable friends, Oldie and Valer, return from prison to the Stratená Valley to start a new life - that of respectable citizens. This decision puts them face to face with new challenges. Manual work does not provide quite as much thrill as smuggling goods over the border did in good old times. With much distrust they are watched by the local customs officer who is convinced that they will take up their illegal hobby sooner or later again. As it turns out, he was not far from the truth.
Synopsis
The Prime of Life (1967)
Juraj, a Slovak artist living in Prague, realizes that his life is passing without purpose. It is time for him to choose between two women, the city and the country, and creative work and practical craft. While he feels passionate about art, he knows he also has to earn a living.
Birdies, Orphans and Fools (1969)
Although this mosaic-like parable is set in an undefined space and time, the insane world which it depicts, a world without ideals, filled with violence, cynicism and hopelessness, strongly resembles the social atmosphere in Czechoslovakia after August 1968.
Sitting on a Branch I am Fine (1989)
This story of two inseparable friends – circus comedian Pepe and soldier Prengel – takes place shortly after the end of WW II. When their fates are intertwined by the discovery of hidden gold and the arrival of a Jewish girl, Esther, the three of them together start their search for happiness.
The Prime of Life (1967)
Birdies, Orphans and Fools (1969)
Sitting on a Branch I am Fine (1989)
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