The Fifth Horseman Is Fear

The Fifth Horseman Is Fear
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Zbyněk Brynych
Written by	Hana Bělohradská Zbyněk Brynych
Based on	Bez krásy, bez límce by Hana Bělohradská
Starring	Miroslav Macháček Olga Scheinpflugová Jiří Adamíra
Cinematography	Jan Kališ
Edited by	Miroslav Hájek
Music by	Jiří Sternwald
Production company	Filmové studio Barrandov
Distributed by	Ústřední půjčovna filmů
Release date	12 February 1965 (1965-02-12) (Czechoslovakia)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

The Fifth Horseman Is Fear (Czech: A pátý jezdec je strach) is a 1965 Czechoslovak film about the Holocaust that was directed by Zbyněk Brynych. Instead of depicting gas chambers and concentration camps, the film examines the subtler but equally debilitating mental effects of oppression. It gets its name from the story of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse written about in the Book of Revelation.^[1]

The film uses expressionist cinematography, and its film score is set to discordant piano music.