The pattern of Czech fairy tale film and its horror deformation in two Juraj Herz’s films Cover Image

Wzorzec czeskiej baśni filmowej i jego horrorowe odkształcenie w dwóch filmach Juraja Herza
The pattern of Czech fairy tale film and its horror deformation in two Juraj Herz’s films

Author(s): Patrycjusz Pająk
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: fairy tale; horror; Czech cinema; Juraj Herz

Summary/Abstract: The fairy tale film is a second only to the comedy of manners flagship genre of Czech cinema. Its popularity in Bohemia is associated with a rich tradition of literary fairy tale, as well as with socio-political conditions, favoring the production of such films. There is prevailed a specific pattern of fairy tale . good-natured and comical. Two Juraj Herz’s fairy tales from 1978 - Virgin and the beast and The ninth heart - stand on this background. Herz introduces the elements of horror to the fairy tale world and consequently gives both films a meaning which is gently objecting to the pattern of Czech fairy tale film.

  • Issue Year: XIV/2014
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 362-377
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish