Hordubal

While Frič's film added to Čapek's novel, this mistake by Balík greatly diminished it. The landscape of the narrative turns into an endless colorless morass and the story itself remains untold. It is not possible to base the whole point on little Klára Pollertová and the comparison between Suzanne Marwille and Libuše Geprtová speaks for itself. Suzanne enjoyed her last role and gave it a lot of her skill, while Geprtová only provided a variation on Viktorka. (05.03.2009)