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The bitter comedy The Death of Beautiful Roe deer has been entertaining and moving us for an incredible 36 years. The fact that she earned an Oscar nomination (although she didn’t convert it) is a testament to her qualities. What do you not know about this movie yet?
You may have read the book model, i.e. a collection of short stories named after one of them – The Death of Beautiful Deer. The film skilfully combines and blends them, and the result is a nostalgic spectacle that evokes memories of our own childhood and youth. But immediately he will show us a warning finger – we never know how our life can change unexpectedly and what we will be willing to risk for our own family. Like the main character of the film Leo Popperwho decides despite the imminent death penalty to hunt a deer for his sons summoned to the Terezín transport.
The film Death of Beautiful Deer features a host of top Czech actors and actresses who literally put their soul into their roles. So we can see the great Karel Heřmánek, wonderful Rudolf Hrušínský and together with them Jiří Krampol, Lubor Tokoš, Marta Vančurová or Ladislava Potměšila. All of them gradually show us how our life can be poetic, calm and beautiful – and how quickly everything can change due to the actions of others.
Autobiographical elements
It is very painfully projected into the film Death of Beautiful Fawns the topic of concentration camps and the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. A comfortable stay at a cottage in the bosom of nature suddenly becomes a fight for life – and especially an effort to protect the lives of your family. At the same time, the author of the book did not invent it – his brothers were actually called up to be transported to Terezín in 1943from where they later traveled to Auschwitz.
AND the movie dad has a real model, namely the author’s father, who actually gave his sons meat on the way to the concentration camp, possibly saving them from death. And so, in Death of the Beautiful Fawns, we follow the protagonist Leo’s ferocious effort to hunt down a stout fawn to give its meat to his sons who are called up for transport. And he tries to do it even though he knows that poaching is punishable by death.
If you too are moved and amused by Death of Beautiful Fawns and you don’t miss a single opportunity to see this unique picture again, we have it for you movie quiz. Maybe you will learn something new in it – or refresh your knowledge about film.
The film Death of Beautiful Deer didn’t win the American Oscar, but it did win Czechoslovak Film Critics Award and first prize at the IFF in Montpellier. It is repeated on TV at least once a year, and has been released on DVD several times. It is one of the most famous filming locations Křivoklát, Karlovy Vary, Prague – Bubeneč and Velká Chmelištná. The story of the film is very autobiographical, because the author of the book template came from a Jewish family, and during the Second World War, his closest relatives were deported to concentration camps – and with great luck survived them. Thanks to the great acting performances, Death of the Beautiful Deer, despite the sad subject matter, ranked among the Czech film classics.
