The Lanfier Colony

The Lanfier Colony
Film poster
Directed by Jan Schmidt
Written by Alexander Grin
Jan Schmidt
Starring Juozas Budraitis
Zuzana Kocúriková
Václav Neckář
Michal Docolomanský
Cinematography Jirí Macháne
Release date
  • 11 August 1969 (1969-08-11)
Running time
 84 minutes
Country Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Language Czech
Russian

The Lanfier Colony (Czech: Kolonie Lanfieri, Russian: Колония Ланфиер) is a 1969 Czech-Soviet action, romantic, drama film directed by Jan Schmidt.[1][2] It was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival.[3]

Plot

Tired of life on the continent, Horn convinces the captain of a Dutch sailing ship to land it on the shore of distant island.

Residents of the small village greet the newly arrived colonist with a barely concealed distaste, but he is in no hurry to make new friends and makes his home far away from people.

Horn is dreaming about solitude, because in his previous life behind him he left only disappointment; unrequited love, and failed attempts to make money on the tea trade.

Of all the inhabitants of the islands Horn befriends only two, poor lonely wretches just like him; feeble-minded Bekeko and beautiful Esther who is forced to prepare for a wedding with a man she does not love.

Horn finds a gold deposit located near a river. Now he wants only one thing – to collect as much precious metal as possible, return to the mainland and try to start over. Horn separates itself from Bekeko and refuses Esther's offer to live together.

Horn's discourse with the younger Dribb, Esther's fiance is followed by a quarrel and exchanged gunshots. Wounded Dribb rides out for help, and soon Horn is forced to face the well-armed squad of people who hate him.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Kolonie Lanfieri – Revue – Filmový přehled". Filmový přehled (in Czech). Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Kolonie Lanfieri / Kolonija Lanfier (1969)". CSFD.cz. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "6th Moscow International Film Festival (1969)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
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