FRUIT OF PARADISE

Symposium

In this re-staging of the Genesis myth, the protagonists Josef and Eva are on vacation in a health resort but find themselves drawn into temptation by the Mephistophelian figure of Robert. Released in Czechoslovakia in 1970 after premiering at Cannes, FRUIT OF PARADISE was Věra Chytilová’s last work before her seven-year politically imposed hiatus from film production under the “normalization” policies of Gustáv Husák. It is also one of her most experimental works, a psychedelic fever-dream that opens itself up to an array of allegorical interpretations.
OVOCE STROMŮ RAJSKÝCH JÍME / FRÜCHTE AUS DEM PARADIES
BEL, CSK 1969 / 96 min / OV + eng SUB
Language: Czech
Director: Věra Chytilová
Screenings
  • Museum Wiesbaden Fr, 22.04. / 21:15 Uhr
  • Screenplay: Ester Krumbachová, Věra Chytilová
  • Cinematographer: Jaroslav Kučera
  • Editor: Miroslav Hájek
  • Music: Zdeněk Liška
  • Sound: Ladislav Hausdorf
  • Cast: Jitka Nováková, Karel Novák, Jan Schmid, Eva Gabrielová, Julius Albert
  • Production Company: Elisabeth Films, Filmové studio Barrandov, ČSSR
  • Rights Holder: NFA – National Film Archive in Prague
In this re-staging of the Genesis myth, the protagonists Josef and Eva are on vacation in a health resort but find themselves drawn into temptation by the Mephistophelian figure of Robert. Released in Czechoslovakia in 1970 after premiering at Cannes, FRUIT OF PARADISE was Věra Chytilová’s last work before her seven-year politically imposed hiatus from film production under the “normalization” policies of Gustáv Husák. It is also one of her most experimental works, a psychedelic fever-dream that opens itself up to an array of allegorical interpretations.
  • Screenplay: Ester Krumbachová, Věra Chytilová
  • Cinematographer: Jaroslav Kučera
  • Editor: Miroslav Hájek
  • Music: Zdeněk Liška
  • Sound: Ladislav Hausdorf
  • Cast: Jitka Nováková, Karel Novák, Jan Schmid, Eva Gabrielová, Julius Albert
  • Production Company: Elisabeth Films, Filmové studio Barrandov, ČSSR
  • Rights Holder: NFA – National Film Archive in Prague