Pictures of the Old World

Pictures of the Old World

64 mins | Documentary | July 10, 1972

A visual essay on the forgotten parts of Eastern Europe. The outskirts here are a Slovakian town in the Tatra Mountains. Though censored for 17 years, Dusan Hanáks poetic visual essay is not a political or even social film. It goes to far deeper and more fundamental levels of human experience. Inspired by the photographs of Martin Martinek, the films power lies in its unusual portraits of people whose raw visual beauty radiates from their very souls.

Pictures of the Old World

64 mins | Documentary | July 10, 1972

Pictures of the Old World
A visual essay on the forgotten parts of Eastern Europe. The outskirts here are a Slovakian town in the Tatra Mountains. Though censored for 17 years, Dusan Hanáks poetic visual essay is not a political or even social film. It goes to far deeper and more fundamental levels of human experience. Inspired by the photographs of Martin Martinek, the films power lies in its unusual portraits of people whose raw visual beauty radiates from their very souls.
IMDb rating 8.0
Producers Slovenská filmová tvorba Koliba (SFT), Slovenský film Bratislava
Original title Obrazy starého sveta
Directors Dušan Hanák
Writers Boris Hochel, Dušan Hanák

Cast

Ladislav Chudík

as vypravěč