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The Projection Booth Podcast

Episode 380: ... And The Fifth Horseman Is Fear (1965)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8686 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2018

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Zbyněk Brynych’s 1965 film The Fifth Horseman is Fear stars Miroslav Macháček as Dr. Braun. The film is ostensibly set during the Nazi occupation of Prague where Dr. Braun isn’t practicing medicine. Instead he’s cataloging the items the Nazis have pilfered from Jews who we can assume have been sent to the slaughter. This is never spoken aloud nor are a lot of other things. Instead, the film is rife with a sense of overwhelming dread that manifests in several interesting ways.

Kat Ellinger and Ben Buckingham join Mike in this first #Czechtember2018 entry.
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0:00.0

You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.

0:04.5

Christopher Media. Let's make some noise.

0:10.4

Welcome to the projection booth. I'm your host, Mike White. Back with me again is Ms. Kat

0:14.6

Ellenger. Hello, Mr. Mike. Also back in the booth with us this week is Mr. Ben Buckingham.

0:21.3

Thank you very much for having me.

0:23.0

No Dennis Hopper impersonation this week?

0:25.6

Well, I feel like I'm going to butcher the Czech language enough already without trying

0:30.3

to do some greeting in checks, so I just keep it simple.

0:36.1

Apologies up front for butchering the names and everything.

0:38.4

I've already tried to spell out some of these things phonetically, so just be warned.

0:43.3

So this week we are discussing Zabbenik Brynich's 1965 film The Fifth Horseman is Fear.

0:52.2

The film stars Miroslav Makach as Dr. Braun. The film isman is Fear. The film stars Miroslav Makka Czech as Dr. Braun.

0:57.1

The film is ostensibly set during Nazi occupation of Prague, where Dr. Braun isn't practicing medicine.

1:03.3

Instead, he's cataloging the items that Nazis have pilfered from Jews, who we can assume have been sent to their slaughter.

1:09.7

This is never spoken aloud, nor are a lot of other things.

1:13.1

Instead, the film is rife with a sense of overwhelming dread that manifests in several interesting ways.

1:19.0

We'll discuss those as well as other spoilers along the way.

1:22.4

So, Kat, when was the first time you saw the Fifth Horse Minosphere?

1:25.4

And what did you think?

1:26.7

I think maybe about four years ago now, which is five, four years ago was when I kind of

1:33.2

really seriously started to get into Czech cinema and it was through our mutual friend

1:39.4

who I believe you've had on the show, Michael Brooke. He's like Eastern European film historian

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