Černý Petr (DIGITALLY RESTAURED FI

A humorous probe into the everyday life of youth in the 1960s, it remains a penetrating sociological study of intergenerational relations, as well as an artistically valuable synthesis of European film modernism with local "laughter culture".
Miloš Forman's feature debut and a legendary work of the Czechoslovak New Wave in a digitally restored version.

Miloš Forman made his debut as a feature filmmaker with this tragicomedy about a 16-year-old who is confronted with the hypocrisy of the adult world in his first job. The protagonist of the film, Petr, joins a small-town convenience store, where he is tasked with looking after customers. The leader acts as an authority figure without understanding, just like his good-natured father, and Peter does not feel very confident among his peers either. The authenticity of this ageless film is based on the performances of Forman's non-actorial discoveries (Ladislav Jakim, Jan Vostrčil) and on the visual stylization, which expresses the absurd and grotesque features of Czechoslovak everyday life in the early 1960s.

Bonuses
Comments
• Petr Szczepanik on the comedy of awkwardness
• Tereza Frodlová on film restoration
• Stanislava Přádná - film analysis
Archival materials
• Song (Jaroslav Šikl, 1963)
• Video clip "Life is a dog"
• A compilation of early films with Miloš Forman
• Cut scene
• Trailers
The digipack includes a National Film Archive information booklet for this film.

DIGITALLY RESTAURED FILM
The digital editing process begins with scanning the film in 4K resolution. It is a special device with locking pins to ensure maximum image stability. This is followed by the removal of image and sound impurities, in two stages - first semi-automatically, followed by a field-by-field manual cleaning.