Little Jan, the only descendant of the knight Bořek, has run away from home. His anxious father sets out to find him but his despair at the fruitless search gradually starts to overpower him. Václav Kadrnka has turned out a stylistically well-contoured adaptation of the poem "The Little Crusader of Svojanov" by Jaroslav Vrchlický, where he employs a taciturn film form in order to encourage our imagination to engage in a poetic, cinematic pilgrimage. As the film progresses, Bořek loses his bearings and focus, sinking into despair until he, in turn, becomes the rescue project of a strapping younger fighter.
Drama
1h 28min
16+
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Little Jan, the only descendant of the knight Bořek, has run away from home. His anxious father sets out to find him but his despair at the fruitless search gradually starts to overpower him.
Václav Kadrnka has turned out a stylistically well-contoured adaptation of the poem "The Little Crusader of Svojanov" by Jaroslav Vrchlický, where he employs a taciturn film form in order to encourage our imagination to engage in a poetic, cinematic pilgrimage.
As the film progresses, Bořek loses his bearings and focus, sinking into despair until he, in turn, becomes the rescue project of a strapping younger fighter.