28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Carpathian Ruthenia
Carpathian Ruthenia
Carpathian Ruthenia

Carpathian Ruthenia

Jaroslav Novotný / Czechoslovakia / 1930 / 44 min.


synopsis

A comprehensive guide to Carpathian Ruthenia on film, made by Jaroslav Novotný in 1930. The region's geography and famous moments of history are followed by a recourse into ethnography culminating in an endorsement of Czechoslovak statehood and its achievements in modernizing the country's easternmost rural region. Czechoslovakia has built schools and colleges here, and “trained stallions even learned to dance the quadrille.” This educational film highlights Carpathian Ruthenia's beauty and potential for development after years of Hungarian oppression.

more about film

director: Jaroslav Novotný

contact

NFA / Tomáš Žůrek / Malešická 14 / 13000 / Prague / Czech Republic / +420 778 487 857 / tomas.zurek@nfa.cz / www.nfa.cz

Film at festival

festival edition:2018
section:Czechoslovak Orient
format:DCP
language:Silent
subtitles:Czech
colour:Black and white

Info

director:Jaroslav Novotný
original title:Podkarpatská Rus
country:Czechoslovakia
year:1930
running time:44 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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