The Fifth Horseman Is Fear [SEP] director
The Fifth Horseman Is Fear
The Fifth Horseman Is Fear () is a 1965 Czechoslovak New Wave film about the Holocaust that was directed by Zbyněk Brynych. Instead of depicting gas chambers and concentration camps, the film examines the subtler but equally debilitating mental effects of oppression. When it was released in America in 1968, the film was highly praised by critics. "Time" magazine said it was a "superlatively photographed film," and Roger Ebert wrote, "A nearly perfect film...beautiful, distinguished work. I
the more liberal regime in place, so the doors shut on the Czech New Wave itself and many of its films were forgotten. It is our luck though that these films are beginning to resurface, and "The Fifth Horseman Is Fear" is a great example of why these titles are worth looking at now."
Trivia.
- "The Fifth Horseman is Fear" is advertised on a marquee in "The Projectionist" (1971).
- "The Fifth Horseman is Fear" gets its name from