Snake Poison is one of the lesser-known fi lms of the late career of Czech fi lm magician František Vláčil, but it deserves attention nonetheless. Together with Irena Charvátová, the author of the story, Vláčil wrote the screenplay for this chamber drama in which an eighteen-year-old girl arrives to visit her as yet unknown father who works at a drilling rig. Gradually she learns the reason for his alcohol addiction, from which she manages to pull him out for a while. The main roles are played by Josef Vinklář, who was no stranger to alcohol himself, and Ilona Svobodová, for whom this was an acting debut (the same year she tried the comedy genre in Ladislav Rychman's Love at Second Sight). A sense of bleakness is added to the story by the selection of locations: a snow-covered plain with several trailers and a village pub – the only escape point.
Reżyseria: František Vláčil
Występują: Ilona Svobodová, Josef Vinklář, Karel Heřmánek, Ferdinand Krůta, Miriam Kantorková, Jan Hrušínský, Renáta Doleželová, Josef Žluťák Hrubý, Miluše Zoubková
Zdjęcia: František Uldrich
Muzyka: Luboš Fišer
Scenariusz: František Vláčil, Irena Charvátová
Formaty dźwięku: czeski Dolby Digital 2.0
Napisy: czeskie dla osób niedosłyszących, angielskie
Formaty obrazu: 16:9 / 1,37:1
Dodatki:
• "Noir Film Festival - Unikalne wydarzenie na Górze Gwiezdnej 2 / Noir Film Festival - A Unique Event on the Star Mountain 2"
• Wywiad z aktorką Iloną Svobodovą
