---
title: 'The Fifth Horseman is Fear (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Zbyněk Brynych'
released: '1964-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-fifth-horseman-is-fear-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123368/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Fifth Horseman is Fear (1964)

1964 · 100 min · Drama, War · Czechoslovakia

Original title: ...a pátý jezdec je Strach

## Synopsis

The Fifth Horseman Is Fear is a 1965 Czechoslovak 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. It gets its name from the story of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse written about in the Book of Revelation.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Zbyněk Brynych](https://cinepixo.com/people/zbynek-brynych)
- **Screenplay:** [Zbyněk Brynych](https://cinepixo.com/people/zbynek-brynych), [Ota Koval](https://cinepixo.com/people/ota-koval), [Hana Bělohradská](https://cinepixo.com/people/hana-belohradska)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jiří Sternwald](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-sternwald)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jan Kališ](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-kalis)
- **Editor:** [Miroslav Hájek](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslav-hajek)

## Cast

- [M. Žára](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-zara)
- [Jiří Adamíra](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-adamira)
- [Čestmír Řanda](https://cinepixo.com/people/cestmir-randa)
- [Ivo Gübel](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivo-gubel)
- [Eva Svobodová](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-svobodova)
- [Olga Scheinpflugová](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-scheinpflugova)
- [Jiří Pleskot](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-pleskot)
- [Iva Janžurová](https://cinepixo.com/people/iva-janzurova)
- [Růžena Preisslerová](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruzena-preisslerova)
- [Otto Sattler](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-sattler)
- [Helena Pejsková](https://cinepixo.com/people/helena-pejskova)
- [Jakub Sadílek](https://cinepixo.com/people/jakub-sadilek)
- [Helena Růžičková](https://cinepixo.com/people/helena-ruzickova)
- [Jana Prachařová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jana-pracharova)
- [J. Kronus](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-kronus)

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