The Cry (1964 film)

The Cry
The Cry
	Film poster
Directed by	Jaromil Jireš
Written by	Ludvík Aškenazy; Jaromil Jireš
Starring	Eva Límanová
Cinematography	Jaroslav Kučera; Josef Abrhám
Edited by	Jiřina Lukešová
Music by	Jan Klusák
Release date	14 February 1964;
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

The Cry (Czech: Křik) is a 1964 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Jaromil Jireš. It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] It is often described as the first film of the Czechoslovak New Wave, a movement known for its dark humor, use of non-professional actors, and "art-cinema realism".^[2] The film's events are ambiguous, leaving it to the viewer to determine whether the telling is objective or from a character's point of view.^[2]

Cast

Eva Límanová as Ivana
Josef Abrhám as Slávek
Eva Kopecká as Teacher
Jiří Kvapil as Young doctor
Slávka Procházková as Nurse
Richard Záhorský as Doorman

References

^ "Festival de Cannes: The Cry". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
^ ^a ^b Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell (1994). Film History: An Introduction. McGraw-Hill. p. 541. ISBN 0070064458.