
A behind-the-scenes look at the eleven-year process it took to make The Painted Bird. The narratives of director Václav Marhoul and actor Petr Kotlár weave their way through the various stages of the film's creation, offering their subjective views from the beginning to the last flap of a year-and-a-half long shoot.
Cast
Petr Kotlár
Narrator (voice) / Self

Matěj Havelka
Voice of Joska (voice)
Tomáš Chlost
Self

Jitka Čvančarová
Self

Lech Dyblik
Self

Radim Fiala
Self

Tomáš Hanák
Self

Eva Holubová
Self

Filip Kaňkovský
Self

Vít Karas
Self

Harvey Keitel
Self

Udo Kier
Self

Pavel Kříž
Self

Václav Marhoul
Self
Petr Ostrouchov
Self

Zdeněk Pecha
Self

Barry Pepper
Self

Julian Sands
Self

Stellan Skarsgård
Self

Vladimír Smutný
Self

Radim Špaček
Self

Petr Stach
Self

Petr Vaněk
Self
Crew
Vojtěch Kopecký
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography

Jerzy Kosiński
Novel

Václav Marhoul
Producer, Thanks
Štěpán Mamula
Sound Supervisor
David Solař
Music
Tomáš Chlost
Additional Photography
Josef Kofr
Additional Photography
Jiří Kraus
Additional Photography
Jana Nosková
Additional Photography
Josef Pecl
Additional Photography
Daniel Rouha
Additional Photography
Smutný Robert
Additional Photography
Jan Vlasák
Additional Photography
Michal Caban
Thanks
Jakub Čech
Thanks
Ivaně Černohousové
Thanks
Michalu Holubcovi
Thanks
Martinu Hřebačkovi
Thanks
Martinu Klimešovi
Thanks
Petr Kotlár
Thanks
Věře Kotlárové
Thanks
Alžbětě Petřinové
Thanks
Lyudmyla Smoliar
Thanks
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