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Jakub presents an extensive ethnographical-sociological study of the life of the Ruthenians, filmed in the Maramuresh mountains in the north of Romania and in the former Sudetenland in Western Bohemia. The film was made over a period of five years during the time of both totalitarian regimes and was completed in 1992 after the revolution.
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Audiences 76GoodWatch 73
IMDb7.6
Running time
1 h 5 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −31 min on the typical 96
typical 9665Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
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Streams in 75 countries
+65Released
1992
July 10, 1992
34 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
Czech
Original language
Also spoken
GermanUkrainianMade in
XC
Directing · 1
- Jana Ševčíková Director, Screenplay, Producer
Camera · 4
- Martin Vadas Director of Photography
- Miroslav Čvorsjuk Director of Photography
- Jaromír Kačer Director of Photography
- Miroslav Halada Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Jan Mattlach Editor
Sound · 2
- Alan Vitouš Original Music Composer
- Michal Janoušek Sound
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