Reflection - 1966

Reflection 1966 Directed by Evald Schorm Zrcadlení

A multilayered documentary film draws the viewer into a hospital environment, where we meet not only patients, with their fears, pains, and joys, but also doctors.

A leading director of the Czech film renaissance provides a philosophical meditation on life and death, set amidst complex hospital apparatus and the sadness, hope, or resignation of the patients. Existentialist rather than optimist, the approach is one of humanistic atheism, accepting death as part of life. Interviews with doctors and nurses explore their outlook; all speak of death as a fact, without either sentimentality or religiosity. The studied objectivity of the film only imperfectly hides an intense emotionality.

Country Czechoslovakia

Production Country Czechoslovakia

Language Czech

Spoken Language Czech

Gnere Documentary

Production Company Krátký film Praha – Studio dokumentárních filmů

Release Date 1 April 1966

32 mins