11 Feb 2003
Distant Lights
Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the border between Germany and Poland. The film sheds light on the everyday stories of escape and desperateness.
No Entrance
Two stories from the lives of border guards. In the story "The Pursuit", an experienced border guard and his young and inexperienced colleague follow the tracks of ski boots in a snowstorm. The second story, Wandering, is about a frontiersman whose wife wants to go inland with their child.
Top Billed Cast
Zdeněk Kutil (segment "In Pursuit")
Václav Irmanov (segment "In Pursuit")
Valentina Thielová (segment "In Pursuit")
Otakar Brousek Commentary (voice) (segment "In Pursuit")
Vladimír Hrubý (segment "Wandering")
Jiřina Švorcová (segment "Wandering")
Michal Staninec (segment "Wandering")
Ota Sklenčka (segment "Wandering")
Otto Lackovič (segment "Wandering")
Světla Amortová (segment "Wandering")
Hermína Vojtová (segment "Wandering")
František Miška (segment "Wandering")
Adolf Filip (segment "Wandering")
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