Directed by:
Alfréd RadokCinematography:
Josef StřechaComposer:
Jiří SternwaldCast:
Blanka Waleská, Otomar Krejča st., Viktor Očásek, Zdeňka Baldová, Eduard Kohout, J. O. Martin, Josef Chvalina, Anna Vaňková, Jiří Plachý st. (more)Plots(1)
Made in 1948, just a few short years after the horrors it strives to process, Distant Journey is one of the first feature films to tackle the subject of the Holocaust, and was the debut film from the controversial avant-garde visionary of Czech theatre, Alfréd Radok. Set in the Bohemian town of Terezín as the Nazi transports to German extermination camps began in earnest, Radok's vividly experimental film blends documentary footage with a fictional love story between a Jewish woman and her gentile husband. A mix of raw expressionist intensity and analysis, Distant Journey presents a harrowing account of the Nazi horrors of the recent past and remains a stark, ever-relevant warning from history. (Arrow Films)
(more)Cast
Marie Kautská
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
Distant Journey (1948)
Capek's Tales (1947)
Jan S. Kolár
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
Miroslav Svoboda
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Alexandra Myšková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1959)
Distant Journey (1948)
Zdenka Procházková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Distant Journey (1948)
A Dead Man Among the Living (1946)
I ve smrti sami (2004) (TV movie)
Antonín Jedlička
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
The Creation of the World (1957)
Anna Jiroušková-Tomanová
Best movies:
Distant Journey (1948)
Viola Zinková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
Distant Journey (1948)
Věra Koktová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Noc pastýřů (1993) (TV movie)
Distant Journey (1948)
Otylie Beníšková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Distant Journey (1948)
Zapomenutý čert (1964) (TV movie)
Lost in the Suburbs (1948)
Marie Burešová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Distant Journey (1948)
Lékař v rozpacích (1966) (TV movie)
Jan Fischer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Distant Journey (1948)
Přiznání (1950)
Veliká příležitost (1949)
Štěpán Bulejko
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Distant Journey (1948)
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)
Milka Balek-Brodská
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Ducháček Will Fix It (1938)
The Sins of Love (1929)
Hermína Vojtová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Distant Journey (1948)
Young Bohácek's Sufferings (1969)
O věcech nadpřirozených (1958)
Marta Májová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Eva Fools Around (1939)
Distant Journey (1948)
Miloš Kopecký
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Semafor - Největší hity (2005) (video compilation)
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Karel Effa
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
S Pydlou v zádech (1985) (theatrical recording)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Oldřich Dědek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Today for the Last Time (1958)
The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
Ladislav Rychman
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Distant Journey (1948)
Crime at the Girls School (1965)