The Painted Bird (film)

The Painted Bird (Czech title Nabarvené ptáče) is an upcoming Czech-Slovak-Ukrainian film directed by Václav Marhoul. It is an adaptation of Jerzy Kosiński's novel The Painted Bird. It is also the first movie that features the Interslavic language.

Plot
The film tells the story of a young Jewish boy. His parents send him to relatives in Eastern Europe to avoid antisemitic persecution. The boy's aunt suddenly dies and he has to take care of himself on his own in a dangerous wild world that is hostile to him.

Cast

 * Petr Kotlár as Boy
 * Stellan Skarsgård as Hans
 * Udo Kier as Miller
 * Harvey Keitel as Priest
 * Julian Sands as Garbos
 * Lech Dyblik as Lekh
 * Aleksey Kravchenko as Gavrila
 * Pavel Kříž
 * Petr Vaněk as Father
 * Radim Fiala as Cossack
 * Jitka Čvančarová as Ludmila
 * Filip Kaňkovský as Merchant
 * Michaela Doležalová
 * Lukáš Hložek
 * Alexander Leopold Schank as SS Officer