---
title: 'Shades of Fern (1986)'
type: 'film'
director: 'František Vláčil'
released: '1986-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/shades-of-fern-1986'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0176198/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Shades of Fern (1986)

1986 · 90 min · Drama · Czechoslovakia

Original title: Stín kapradiny

## Synopsis

Shades of Fern is a 1985 Czechoslovak crime film directed by František Vláčil. It is based on a novella by Josef Čapek of the same name.

## Credits

- **Director:** [František Vláčil](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-vlacil)
- **Screenplay:** [František Vláčil](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-vlacil), [Vladimír Körner](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-korner)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Karel Mareš](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-mares), [Jiří Svoboda](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-svoboda-2)
- **Producer:** [Karel Kochman](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-kochman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jiří Macháně](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-machane), [František Uldrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-uldrich)
- **Editor:** [Miroslav Hájek](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslav-hajek)

## Cast

- [Josef Patočka](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-patocka)
- [Miroslav Macháček](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslav-machacek)
- [František Peterka](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-peterka)
- [Emma Černá](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-cerna)
- [Žofie Kanyzová](https://cinepixo.com/people/zofie-kanyzova)
- [Jana Riháková-Dolanská](https://cinepixo.com/people/jana-rihakova-dolanska)
- [Eva Sitteová](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-sitteova)
- [Milada Ježková](https://cinepixo.com/people/milada-jezkova)
- [Vítězslav Jandák](https://cinepixo.com/people/vitezslav-jandak)
- [Jana Švandová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jana-svandova)
- [Marek Probosz](https://cinepixo.com/people/marek-probosz)
- [Jaroslav Tomsa](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-tomsa)
- [Petr Skarke](https://cinepixo.com/people/petr-skarke)
- [Jiří Schmitzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-schmitzer)
- [Oldřich Velen](https://cinepixo.com/people/oldrich-velen)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/shades-of-fern-1986
Film facts: Wikidata (Q42915853); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.