Film detail | Dragon’s Return

Drak sa vracia

On a Common Journey

Country: Slovak Republic
Language: Slovak
Subtitles: English
Directed by: Eduard Grečner
Year: 1967
Length: 84`
Rating: 13
Screenplay: Eduard Grečner
Director of Photography: Vincent Rosinec
Music: Ilja Zeljenka
Edited by: Bedřich Voděrka
Production: Československý film Bratislava, Štúdio hraných filmov Bratislava - Koliba 1. tvorivá skupina Albert Marenčin / Karol Bakoš

Synopsis: This is a ballad about love, hate, and a search for a way out of loneliness. It is a dramatic story about the strange potter, Martin Lepiš, nicknamed Dragon, who is suspected by the villagers as the cause of natural disasters happening to them. He lost his wife, his home, and his freedom due to false accusations. After years he returns to his native village but the past cannot be mended or changed. Putting his own life to risk, he saves a herd of sheep in danger from forest fires high up in the hills. But not even this heroic deed helps to restore him to the local community.

Eduard Grečner: Eduard Grečner (1931) is a Slovak screenwriter and director. He studied dramaturgy and scriptwriting at FAMU and then worked at Štúdio filmov Bratislava-Koliba. He made his debut with the feature-length psychological drama Every Week Seven Days (Každý týždeň sedem dní, 1964). His most significant film is the ballad The Return of Dragon (Drak sa vracia, 1967). Of his addition work we'll mention, e.g., the films Earthly Disturbance (Pozemský nepokoj, 1992) and Jasek's Dream (Jaškov sen, 1996). He's also worked as a pedagogue.

Where and when Dragon’s Return is screened

Where	When	Reservation
Golden Apple Cinema, č. 3	May 28th at 19:40	N/A

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