Directed by:
Zbyněk BrynychCinematography:
Jan KališComposer:
Jiří SternwaldCast:
Miroslav Macháček, Olga Scheinpflugová, Jiří Adamíra, Zdenka Procházková, Josef Vinklář, Ilja Prachař, Jana Prachařová, Jiří Vršťala, Tomáš Hádl (more)Plots(1)
A Jewish physician in Nazi-occupied Prague is compelled to work cataloguing the homes and possessions of his countrymen as they are displaced to designated ghettos. When he helps an injured resistance fighter, he is plunged into a moral and ethical dilemma, and begins a nightmarish odyssey to help save the man. Focussing on the intense anxiety, paranoia and terror prevalent in a fascist state, Zbyněk Brynych’s The Fifth Horseman is Fear subverts its historical context, creating an expressionistic, thinly disguised allegory about communist Czechoslovakia – or indeed living under any totalitarian system - that is richly atmospheric and frighteningly real. (Second Run)
(more)Cast
![Miroslav Macháček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268539_1fadf5.jpg)
Miroslav Macháček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
![Olga Scheinpflugová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271439_a09f1e.jpg)
Olga Scheinpflugová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Chintamani Carpet and a Swindler (1964)
Jegor Bulyčov (1968) (TV movie)
And the Fifth Rider Is Fear (1964)
![Jiří Adamíra](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268982_0c9bc3.jpg)
Jiří Adamíra
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dva na koni, jeden na oslu (1977) (theatrical recording)
A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova (1965) (TV movie)
Byl jednou jeden dům (1974) (series)
![Zdenka Procházková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268430_201aa6.jpg)
Zdenka Procházková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Distant Journey (1948)
A Dead Man Among the Living (1946)
I ve smrti sami (2004) (TV movie)
![Josef Vinklář](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268564_ef3a12.jpg)
Josef Vinklář
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Dva na koni, jeden na oslu (1977) (theatrical recording)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
![Ilja Prachař](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/539/167539145_4wort3.jpg)
Ilja Prachař
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
![Jana Prachařová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/993/162993053_4f0db9.jpg)
Jana Prachařová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
The Party and the Guests (1966)
And the Fifth Rider Is Fear (1964)
![Jiří Vršťala](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274362_5ab576.jpg)
Jiří Vršťala
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Assassination (1964)
The Devil's Trap (1961)
Ikarie XB 1 (1963)
Tomáš Hádl
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
And the Fifth Rider Is Fear (1964)
Malý Bobeš (1961)
Escape (1967)
![Eva Svobodová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268480_83d55b.jpg)
Eva Svobodová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Boys Will Be Boys (1975)
![Jiří Pleskot](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268668_2b66a9.jpg)
Jiří Pleskot
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
Karel Nováček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
And the Fifth Rider Is Fear (1964)
![Čestmír Řanda st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268553_f1ccc9.jpg)
Čestmír Řanda st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
![Slávka Budínová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/633/163633482_690ee6.jpg)
Slávka Budínová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Kolya (1996)
Byl jednou jeden dům (1974) (series)
![Alexandra Myšková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281279_af2dd4.jpg)
Alexandra Myšková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1959)
Distant Journey (1948)
![Iva Janžurová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/006/164006733_90f876.jpg)
Iva Janžurová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
![Jana Břežková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268281_bb8200.jpg)
Jana Břežková
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Láska jako trám (1967) (TV movie)
Dámský krejčí (2012) (theatrical recording)
Růžena Preisslerová
Best movies:
Capricious Summer (1967)
And the Fifth Rider Is Fear (1964)
Romanetto (1970) (TV movie)
![Jiří Ostermann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/147/172/147172517_c85f50.jpg)
Jiří Ostermann
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
And the Fifth Rider Is Fear (1964)
Muž, který stoupl v ceně (1967)
Sedm havranů (1967)
Štěpánka Cittová
Best movies:
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
The Cry (1963)
And the Fifth Rider Is Fear (1964)