Birds, Orphans and Fools

Birds, Orphans and Fools
Directed byJuraj Jakubisko
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyIgor Luther
Edited by
Music byZdeněk Liška
Release date
  • September 27, 1969 (1969-09-27) (Czechoslovakia)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageSlovak

Birds, Orphans and Fools (Slovak: Vtáčkovia, siroty a blázni) is a 1969 Czechoslovak film directed by Juraj Jakubisko. The film is about three people who are all orphaned by political violence.[1] Set in an unspecified time and place, the movie is a parable about three people who face a tough, violent world and survive by adopting a childlike philosophy of life and live a life of foolish, joyful denial.

The film was released in 1969 and was shown that year at an international film festival in Sorrento, Italy. Soon after, though, the film was banned by the communist authorities until the end of the regime in 1989.[1][2]

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