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In the final days of World War Two, a young Czech widow is abducted by two deserting German soldiers and forced to ferry them to the Austrian border. Unbeknown to them, she is plotting a brutal revenge for the recent killing of her husband by Wehrmacht forces.
Banned even before its release (and remained unseen for over twenty years), Karel Kachyňa's powerful and often harrowing film takes a humanist approach to war. Controversially, it rejected traditional notions of 'evil Germans' and 'good Czechs' and instead explores notions of guilt and vengeance, and how war degrades everyone in such violent times.
Coach to Vienna is presented from a glorious new 4K restoration and makes its world premiere on Blu-ray.
Special Edition Contents
- Coach to Vienna (Kočár do Vídně, 1966) presented from an HD transfer of the new 4K restoration by the Czech National Film Archive.
- It's Not Always Cloudy (Není stále zamračeno, 1950): Karel Kachyňa's long unseen feature-length, semi-documentary graduation film, co-directed by Vojtěch Jasný.
- A Projection Booth audio commentary with film historians Mike White, Samm Deighan and Kat Ellinger.
- Trailer.
- Image gallery.
- 20-page booklet featuring a new essay on the film by writer Jonathan Owen.
- New and improved English subtitle translation.
- World premiere on Blu-ray.
- Second Run
- 80 mins approx
- 15
- 2.35:1
- Czech
- 1
- Second Run
- Karel Kachyňa
- German
- English
- 1966
- A
- B
- C
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Arrow Films
In the final days of World War Two, a young Czech widow is abducted by two deserting German soldiers and forced to ferry them to the Austrian border. Unbeknown to them, she is plotting a brutal revenge for the recent killing of her husband by Wehrmacht forces.
Banned even before its release (and remained unseen for over twenty years), Karel Kachyňa's powerful and often harrowing film takes a humanist approach to war. Controversially, it rejected traditional notions of 'evil Germans' and 'good Czechs' and instead explores notions of guilt and vengeance, and how war degrades everyone in such violent times.
Coach to Vienna is presented from a glorious new 4K restoration and makes its world premiere on Blu-ray.
Special Edition Contents
- Coach to Vienna (Kočár do Vídně, 1966) presented from an HD transfer of the new 4K restoration by the Czech National Film Archive.
- It's Not Always Cloudy (Není stále zamračeno, 1950): Karel Kachyňa's long unseen feature-length, semi-documentary graduation film, co-directed by Vojtěch Jasný.
- A Projection Booth audio commentary with film historians Mike White, Samm Deighan and Kat Ellinger.
- Trailer.
- Image gallery.
- 20-page booklet featuring a new essay on the film by writer Jonathan Owen.
- New and improved English subtitle translation.
- World premiere on Blu-ray.
- Second Run
- 80 mins approx
- 15
- 2.35:1
- Czech
- 1
- Second Run
- Karel Kachyňa
- German
- English
- 1966
- A
- B
- C
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What an incredible movie! One of the best of the whole Czech New Wave
Dark, foggy, bleak tones and textures wrapped into possibly one of the most heart-pounding thrillers I've ever seen. But it's also about the complexities of human nature, confronting the tragedies and infinite consequences of war, and finding the thin lines between moral corruption and spiritual growth. Only a Czech movie from 1966 would be crazy enough to tackle WWII in such a highly stylized visual and sonic fashion while not only utterly waxing philosophical but also crawling under your skin with pure, bold thrills. The camerawork, editing, score, and performances all deserve rave reviews, along with the genuinely creative approach and depth of storytelling. From start to finish, Coach to Vienna plays out like a nightmare brought to life in a landscape of death and defeat as you follow a totally valid revenge plot, but by the end this isn't afraid to put aside the genre spectacle and simply make you think about the world and other people and the nature of life. Again, just really incredible stuff.
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