Directed by:
Miloš FormanCinematography:
Jan NěmečekComposer:
Jiří ŠlitrCast:
Ladislav Jakim, Pavla Novotná, Jan Vostrčil, Vladimír Pucholt, Pavel Sedláček, Zdeněk Kulhánek, František Kosina, Josef Koza, Božena Matušková (more)Plots(1)
Black Peter is a wonderfully wry and provocative comedy about a young man growing up in a 1960s Czech provincial town. Taking the Best Film prize at the 1964 Locarno Film Festival, this early masterpiece of the emerging Czech New Wave brought to the screen something that Czechoslovak filmgoers weren't used to - an authentic testimony about the lives of young people. Forman made many important American films, but stayed true to his Czech roots. Black Peter, along with his other early works (which include his classic 1965 film A Blonde in Love), perfectly capture the authenticity and atmosphere of life in the eastern bloc during the early 60s, and the feelings of Czech teenagers in youthful rebellion on the cusp of the Prague Spring. (Second Run)
(more)Cast
Ladislav Jakim
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Black Peter (1963)
Case for a Rookie Hangman (1969)
Why? (1987)
Pavla Novotná
Best movies:
Black Peter (1963)
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)
Martin a červené sklíčko (1966)
Jan Vostrčil
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Boys Will Be Boys (1975)
The Firemen's Ball (1967)
Kinoautomat: One Man and His House (1967)
Vladimír Pucholt
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Black Peter (1963)
A Blonde in Love (1965)
Svatba jako řemen (1967)
Pavel Sedláček
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Semafor - Největší hity (2005) (video compilation)
Black Peter (1963)
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
Zdeněk Kulhánek
Best movies:
Black Peter (1963)
The Joke (1968)
Bubny (1964)
František Kosina
Best movies:
Black Peter (1963)
Josef Koza
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
On the Trail of Blood (1969)
Black Peter (1963)
Božena Matušková
Best movies:
Black Peter (1963)
Antonín Pokorný
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Black Peter (1963)
A Night at Karlstein (1973)
Pearls of the Deep (1965)
Jaroslav Kladrubský
Best movies:
Black Peter (1963)
The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968)
The White Lady (1965)
Františka Skálová
Best movies:
Black Peter (1963)
Pražské blues (1963)
Jaroslava Rážová
Best movies:
Black Peter (1963)
Majka Gillarová
Best movies:
Black Peter (1963)
Nobody Gets the Last Laugh (1965)
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
Susan Kodicek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Black Peter (1963)
Christmas with Elizabeth (1968)
Crime at the Girls School (1965)
Jaroslav Bendl
Best movies:
Black Peter (1963)
František Pražák
Best movies:
Black Peter (1963)
Dana Urbánková
Best movies:
Black Peter (1963)
Josef Abrhám
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Hráči (1983) (theatrical recording)