The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night
MovieTitle | Den sedmý – osmá noc |
User score | 4.3 |
Release date | Jun 1, 1990 |
Genre | Drama, Mystery |
Director | Evald Schorm |
Production country | Czechoslovakia |
Production companies | Filmové studio Barrandov |
Run time | 103 min. |
An allegory set in an archetypal Czech village, it tells of what happens when a sequence of mysterious events take place, including the disappearance of the stationmaster. While everything has a rational explanation, collective paranoia takes hold and everyone’s worst instincts are released. Interrogations, the abolition of rights and the search for scapegoats ultimately lead to murder