The Southern Mail (1988)
Douban
南方的信
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director:
Stanislav Párnicky
playwright:
Ladislav Ballek
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Jozef Heriban
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Jozef Slovák
actor:
吉里·巴托斯卡
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Magda Vášáryová
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加博尔·康奇
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兹德娜·斯图登科娃
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Pavol Mikulík
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genre:
Drama
region:
捷克斯洛伐克
language:
Slovak
length: 1h 35m
release date: 1988-04-07
IMDb: tt0239513
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overview
After The Assistant, The Southern Mail is the second novel of Ladislav Ballek to be adapted to the movie screen. It is setin a fictitious border town in the south of Slovakia shortly after WWII, when the new state borders were just drawn on the maps. The recollections of a forty-year-old author about.his childhood take us backto the 1940s. We see the un-certain times, the conflicts, and the colourful characters of the multi-cultural region of southern Slovakia through the wondering eyes of a five-year-old boy.