Storyline
Based on the only extensive prose work by the surrealist painter Josef Capek, Shades of Fern most resembles the philosophical fairy tales and fables of Josef’s older brother, the legendary Czech novelist and playwright Karel Capek. Two young poachers, more boys than men, kill a gamekeeper when they are caught illegally hunting. Panicked, they retreat into a forest that grows steadily more forbidding and deadly as their fear for the future—and guilt over their action—mounts. Loosely based on hundreds of oral folk tales and legends that haunt the woods of Czechoslovakia, Vlácil’s contemporary updating artistically underscores the relationship between man and nature, crime and punishment, isolation and society, and guilt and memory.
Key Information
Cast & Crew
Marek Probosz
Ruda Aksamit
Zbigniew Suszyński
Vašek Kala
Miroslav Macháček
Keeper / Vagabond / Beggar
František Peterka
Father Aksamit
Vladimír Hlavatý
Čepelka
Milada Ježková
Čepelková
Josef Patočka
Elsner
Oldřich Velen
Police Officer
Jaroslav Tomsa
Policeman
Marta Vančurová
Rousová
Emma Černá
Keeper's Wife
Jana Švandová
Frequently Asked Questions
Shades of Fern was released on January 1, 1986.
The runtime of Shades of Fern is 1h 30m.
Shades of Fern is a Drama, Crime movie.
Shades of Fern has a rating of 4.6 out of 10 on TMDB.
Shades of Fern is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.
Shades of Fern was directed by František Vláčil.
The main cast of Shades of Fern includes Marek Probosz, Zbigniew Suszyński, Miroslav Macháček.
Shades of Fern is originally in CS.