Pictures of the Old World (1972)

• Documentary

A raw and telling portrait of a people left behind by the modern world, inspired by the work of photographer Martin Martinček - whose pictures of the inhabitants of the Liptov region in central Slovakia, encompassed by the Tatra mountains, distilled entire lifetimes into luminous and intransient images. Dušan Hanák's continuation of these photographs takes the shape of a poetic visual essay, capturing more comprehensive vignettes of their isolated human experiences.

Rating

7.8 / 10 (29 votes)

Release date

July 10, 1972

Runtime

1h 04m

Language

SK

Director

Dušan Hanák

Status

Released