Snake Poison is one of the lesser-known films of the late career of Czech film magician František Vláčil, but it deserves attention nonetheless. Together with Irena Charvátová, the author of the story, Vláčil wrote the screenplay for this chamber drama in which an eighteen-year-old girl arrives to visit her as yet unknown father who works at a drilling rig. Gradually she learns the reason for his alcohol addiction, from which she manages to pull him out for a while. The main roles are played by Josef Vinklář, who was no stranger to alcohol himself, and Ilona Svobodová, for whom this was an acting debut (the same year she tried the comedy genre in Ladislav Rychman's Love at Second Sight). A sense of bleakness is added to the story by the selection of locations: a snow-covered plain with several trailers and a village pub – the only escape point.
Réžia: František Vláčil
Hrajú: Ilona Svobodová, Josef Vinklář, Karel Heřmánek, Ferdinand Krůta, Miriam Kantorková, Jan Hrušínský, Renáta Doleželová, Josef Žluťák Hrubý, Miluše Zoubková
Kamera: František Uldrich
Hudba: Luboš Fišer
Scenár: František Vláčil, Irena Charvátová
Zvukové formáty: česky Dolby Digital 2.0
Titulky: české pre osoby so sluchovým postihnutím, anglické
Obrazové formáty: 16:9 / 1,37:1
Bonusy:
• "Noir Film Festival - unikát na hvezdnej hore 2 / Noir Film Festival - A Unique Event on the Star Mountain 2"
• Rozhovor s herečkou Ilonou Svobodovou
