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The Šumava (Bohemian Forest) mountain range forms the south-western border between the Czech Republic, Austria and Bavaria. The Mills of God documentary captures the radical transformations of this region from the period prior to WW2 till the 1950s and 60s, when the Czechoslovak communist regime sealed the frontier by a belt of terra prohibita. The balladic and darkly dramatic atmosphere of the place is projected into human lives. The stories of the one-time local residents, for fifteen years recorded by Václav Reischl, Czech-German documentary film maker now living in Stuttgart, are combined in the hour-long film, directed by Josef Císařovský, with Top Secret materials from the archives of the Czechoslovak Army Film interrogation files of the Ministry of the Interior.
HD | 60´ | © 2015
director(s): Josef Císařovský
producer(s): Czech Television, SYNERGIA FILM s.r.o.
scriptwriter(s): Josef Císařovský
director of photography: Michal Němec
rights available: TV, Video, Internet
original language: Czech
subtitles available: English