---
title: 'The Painted Bird (2019)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Václav Marhoul'
released: '2019-09-03'
runtime_minutes: 169
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Czech Republic'
  - 'Slovakia'
  - 'Ukraine'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-painted-bird-2019'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1667354/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Painted Bird (2019)

2019 · 169 min · Drama, War · Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine

Original title: Nabarvené ptáče

## Synopsis

The Painted Bird is a 2019 Czech war drama film written, directed and produced by Václav Marhoul. An adaptation of Jerzy Kosiński's novel of the same name, it is the first film to feature the Interslavic language; Marhoul stated that he decided to use Interslavic so that no Slavic nation would nationally identify with the story.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Václav Marhoul](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-marhoul)
- **Screenplay:** [Václav Marhoul](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-marhoul)
- **Producer:** [Václav Marhoul](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-marhoul), [Eduard Kučera](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-kucera), [Zuzana Mistríková](https://cinepixo.com/people/zuzana-mistrikova), [Igor Savychenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/igor-savychenko), [Richard Kaucký](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-kaucky)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vladimír Smutný](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-smutny)
- **Editor:** [Luděk Hudec](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludek-hudec)

## Cast

- [Filip Richtermoc](https://cinepixo.com/people/filip-richtermoc)
- [Jan Monczka](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-monczka)
- [Jan Meduna](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-meduna)
- [Stellan Skarsgård](https://cinepixo.com/people/stellan-skarsgard)
- [Petr Vaněk](https://cinepixo.com/people/petr-vanek)
- [Harvey Keitel](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-keitel)
- [Milan Šimáček](https://cinepixo.com/people/milan-simacek)
- [Aleksandr Minajev](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-minajev)
- [Mikuláš Matoušek](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikulas-matousek)
- [Robert Bárta](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-barta)
- [Petr Ostrouchov](https://cinepixo.com/people/petr-ostrouchov)
- [Dominik Weber](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominik-weber)
- [Michaela Doležalová](https://cinepixo.com/people/michaela-dolezalova)
- [Andrej Polák](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrej-polak)
- [Marie Štípková](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-stipkova)

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Official site: https://nabarveneptace.cz/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-painted-bird-2019
Film facts: Wikidata (Q33101290); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.