Archa bláznů aneb Vyprávění z konce života

  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 105 min
  • Premiere: 1990. November 1.

The director Ivan Balaďa was not allowed to finish this gloomy, black-and-white parable, inspired by Chekhov's short story Pavilion No. 6 - only after the fall of communism, more than twenty years later, did the film hit the cinema screens, unfortunately to negligible acclaim. In fact, it is only now that we can fully enjoy the story of an aging, increasingly exhausted mental institution doctor who is inexorably sinking to the level of his patients.

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Art

Jindřich Goetz

Production Design

Ester Krumbachová

Art Direction

Jaroslav Chytrý

Set Decoration

Eva Slívová

Set Decoration

Camera

Juraj Šajmovič

Director of Photography

Bohumír Durčák

Camera Operator

Vlastimil Malaska

Assistant Camera

Eva Charvátová

Clapper Loader

Ivan Minář

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Ester Krumbachová

Costume Design

Vlasta Malíková

Costumer

Oldřich Mach

Makeup & Hair

Jan Štětina

Makeup & Hair

Jan Valkoun

Makeup & Hair

Crew

Zdeněk Bláha

Dramaturgy

Directing

Ivan Balaďa

Director

Julius Matula

First Assistant Director

Tomáš Škrdlant

First Assistant Director

Ivan Frič

Second Assistant Director

Věra Houšková

Script Supervisor

Editing

Alois Fišárek

Editor

Production

Václav Rouha

Production Manager

Blažej Vráb

Unit Production Manager

Zdeňka Černá

Unit Production Manager

Ladislav Herz

Assistant Production Manager

Jaroslav Kučera

Executive Producer

Sound

Jiří Hora

Sound

Štěpán Koníček

Original Music Composer

Štěpán Koníček

Conductor

Writing

Lubor Dohnal

Screenplay

Anton Chekhov

Short Story

Pavel Juráček

Creative Producer