Director: Karel Kachyna
Year: 1970
Country: Czechoslovakia
Language(s): Czech
Subtitles: English
Length: 91 mins
Format: PAL | R0
Colour: Black & White
Aspect Ratio: 1.33: 1 Full Frame
Certificate: 12
Alternate Title: Ucho
Synopsis
Although made in 1970, The Ear (Ucho) was immediately banned by the Czech authorities and remained unseen for twenty years, being finally released only after the Velvet Revolution took place in Czechoslovakia.
This landmark film is an extraordinary mix of one of the most direct indictments of life under an oppressive totalitarian system and a not-so-private examination of a disintegrating marital relationship.
Special Features
- Introduction to the film by writer and critic Peter Hames
- Digitally re-mastered with restored image and sound
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Booklet featuring essay on the film by writer/critic Steven Jay Schneider and a biography of Karel Kachyna
