A young Czech boy is freed from a concentration camp and now is working for the army against the Germans.
Direction
Kachyňa balances horror and deadpan Czech humor masterfully.
Acting
Koblic's feral, watchful performance — never cute, always dangerous.
Writing
Adapts Hrubín's story with zero sentimentality, all bite.
Director
Karel Kachyňa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the Czechoslovak New Wave's 1960s explosion — films that snuck political critique past censors through fable-like narratives.
Kachyňa was banned from directing after 1968 Soviet invasion; Slingboy vanished from circulation for two decades.
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