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Ucho (The Ear) is a Czech language film by Karel Kachyňa, completed in 1970. It is often compared to the play and movie Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. This film was withheld from circulation by the nation's ruling Communist party (who were supported by the occupying Soviet forces). It wasn't released until late 1989, around the time of Czechoslovakia's first democratic elections in over 40 years.
The film is about a bitter married couple that consists of Ludvik, a senior official of Prague's ruling Communist regime, and his alcoholic wife Anna. They return home after attending a political party dinner and notice their home has been broken into. Several strange occurrences, including the disappearance of their spare house keys and dead phone lines, lead them to believe that they are under surveillance by their own government. As the night progresses, the flaws of their marriage and of each other are exposed.
1990 Cannes Film Festival - Nominated for the Golden Palm for Karel Kachyňa.
Buildings burning, blazing in the night
Searchlight sweeping, lazer beams of light
Desolation, smoke has filled the sky
Siren wailing, who can hear my cry?
So the darkness leaves me never
And the grinding wheels are turning ever
I believe that God is love, and that's enough
To keep the evil demon away
Don't say I don't matter at all I will stand or I'll fall, you're the most important call that I make
When I face that verdict today
'Though it's Auto-da-Fé,' I'll say it's really not
The End of the World
When I was young I was the golden son,
People said I was the chosen one
And I knew I must walk like a man
Never fail, and do the best I can
When I see that light come shining
When I feel the sacred spirit rising
I believe that God is love, and that's enough
To keep the evil demon away
Don't say I don't matter at all I will stand or I'll fall, you're the most important call that I make
When I face that verdict today
'Though it's Auto-da-Fé,' I'll say it's really not
The End of the World
When I see that light come shining
When I feel the sacred spirit rising
I believe that God is love, and that's enough
To keep the evil demon away
Don't say I don't matter at all I will stand or I'll fall, you're the most important call that I make
When I face that verdict today
'Though it's Auto-da-Fé,' I'll say it's really not
The End of the World
I believe that God is love, and that's enough (I believe that God is love)
Don't say I don't matter at all I will stand or I'll fall, (I will stand or I'll fall)
When I face that verdict today (It's really not the End of the World)
'Though it's Auto-da-Fé,'
End of the World
End of the World
It's really not the End of the World
End of the World