The Sun in a Net

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The Sun in a Net is a landmark 1962 Slovak film often credited with launching the Czechoslovak New Wave movement through its innovative style and social realism.

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The Sun in a Net canonical 2
Slnko v sieti 1

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instanceOf Slovak film
film
basedOn works of Alfonz Bednár
blackAndWhite true
castMember Andrej Vandlík
Belo Polla
Eliška Nosálová
Jana Beláková
Jozef Budský
Marián Bielik
Oldo Hlaváček
cinematographer Stanislav Szomolányi
composer Ilja Zeljenka
countryOfOrigin Czechoslovakia
director Štefan Uher
distributor Slovak Film
editor Maximilián Remeň
era 1960s Czechoslovak cinema
filmFormat 35 mm
filmingLocation Bratislava
Slovakia
genre drama
social realism
hasMotif photography
solar eclipse
summer camp
influenced Czechoslovak New Wave directors
linked to: Czech New Wave
mainCharacter Bela
Fajolo
Jana
movement Czechoslovak New Wave
linked to: Czech New Wave
notableFor depiction of youth in socialist Czechoslovakia
innovative film style
use of social realism
originalLanguage Slovak
productionCompany Slovak Film
recognizedAs foundational work of the Czechoslovak New Wave
landmark of Slovak cinema
releaseYear 1962
runtimeMinutes 90
screenwriter Alfonz Bednár
setting Bratislava
rural Czechoslovakia
theme alienation of youth
family relationships
life under socialism
urban versus rural life
titleOrigin solar eclipse motif in the film

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Czech New Wave notableFilm The Sun in a Net
Štefan Uher notableWork The Sun in a Net
Štefan Uher notableWork Slnko v sieti
linked to: The Sun in a Net