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Night Riders (1981 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Night Riders' (Slovak: Non jazdci) is a 1981 Czechoslovak film.
Cast
*Radoslav Brzobohat as Halva
*Michal Doolomansk as Marek Orban
*Leopold Haverl as Babuek
*Jozef Adamovi as Imro Jakuvec
*Karol lik as Pao ebo-Macch
Synopsis
Shortly after World War I and the creation of the First Czechoslovak Republic, two war veterans are confronted in a small village in the north of Slovakia bordering Poland. The village is home to one of the veterans, Marek Orban (Michal Doolomansk). As it is isolated and lacks job opportunities, he persuades the inhabitants to emigrate to America. The villagers have to sell all the cattle to be able to buy the boat tickets, but it still is not enough. Marek Orban has to smuggle horses to Poland.
The other veteran, customs officer Halva (Radoslav Brzobohat), arrives from Prague to protect the borders and the law of the new republic. Both men of honor and principle, they are led to conflict which results in a death of villagers and customs officers.
The absurdity of this tragedy is underlined at the end of the film when the border is moved, the village becomes a part of Poland and in the background Marek Orban can be seen smuggling horses from Poland to Poland.
References
* [http://www.sfu.sk/article.php?article_id=208&category_id=4&parent_id=0 Slovak Film Institute]
* [http://www.sfd.sfu.sk/main.php?idf=240 Slovak Movie Database]
* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0171577/ IMDB]
Category:Czech adventure films
Category:Slovak drama films
Category:Czechoslovak drama films
Category:1981 films
Category:1981 drama films
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