St. Peter’s Umbrella
d. Vladislav Pavlovič, Frigyes Bá, Czechoslovakia, 1958, B&W, 87 min.
A comedy about the complicated history of a red umbrella, which, according to a local legend, St. Peter used to protect the orphaned sister of the Glogová vicar in a sudden rainstorm. A few years later, Veronika is grown up into a beautiful young woman and she is courted by young promising attorney Juraj Vibra, who arrived in Glogová in search of the mysteriously lost inheritance from his long dead father. However, after falling in love with Veronika, his priorities go through a major transformation.
Synopsis
Vivid portraits of old people from the Slovak regions of Liptov and Orava, who live in inner freedom despite the surrounding civilizational chaos. Inspired by the photographs of Martin Martinček, Dušan Hanák used his genuine sensitivity in his portrayal of his truly unique characters, their original attitudes to life, and their admirable innocence.
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