Long Live the Republic (1965)

The story is set in the Moravian region of Czechoslovakia near the end of the Second World War. As the Germans are in full retreat, and the Russian forces are expected to arrive at any moment, young Oldrich (Zdenek Lstiburek) is tasked with taking his father's mare into the woods for safe keeping from the Red Army soldiers. With a vivid mosaic of images, thrown together memories, fantasies, and harsh realities processed by the mind of a small child, too young to truly comprehend the terrible events around him, Kachyna gives us an unique and interesting, albeit frequently confusing film based on his own experiences of growing up during the war.