Rent The Fifth Horseman is Fear (1964)
3.6 of 5 from 55 ratings
1h 34min
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- Synopsis:
- Set in Prague, this powerful tale is informed as much by Czech resistance to Soviet impositions as it is by the torments of the Nazi era. A Jewish former doctor (Miroslav Machácek) now works cataloguing the confiscated possessions of fellow Jews. When asked to secretly treat a wounded resistance fighter he is plunged into a moral dilemma, and begins a nightmarish odyssey to save the man. Focussing on the intense paranoia and terror prevalent in any totalitarian system, Brynych's film subverts its historical context, creating a frighteningly relevant portrait of a society ruled by fear.
- Actors:
- Miroslav Machácek, Olga Scheinpflugová, Zdenka Procházková, Jirí Adamíra, Josef Vinklár, Ilja Prachar, Jana Pracharová, Jirí Vrstála, Tomás Hádl, Eva Svobodová, Jirí Pleskot, Milan Mach, Mirko Musil, Roman Hemala, Slávka Budínová, Cestmír Randa, Karel Novacek, Alexandra Myskova, Iva Janzurová, Jana Brezková
- Directors:
- Zbynek Brynych
- Writers:
- Milan Nejedlý, Hana Belohradska, Zbynek Brynych, Ota Koval, Ester Krumbachová
- Aka:
- ...a pátý jezdec je Strach
- Studio:
- SECOND RUN DVD
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- Countries:
- Czechoslovakia
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 30/08/2021
- Run Time:
- 98 minutes
- Languages:
- Czech LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- A newly-recorded Projection Booth audio commentary with Kat Ellinger, Jonathan Owen and Mike White
- Two 'lost' sequences: the Italian Prologue and the notorious Nazi brothel sequence that appeared in the 1968 American and Italian release versions of the film
- Zalm (1965) - a poetic documentary short by the renowned Czech filmmaker Evald Schorm
- World premiere release on Blu-ray
