捷克斯洛伐克1972年影像大师杜桑·哈那克执导的一部黑白纪录片，是其电影生涯中最重要、最有影响力的一部作品，也是捷克电影史最重要的作品之一。拍摄完成后，因其主题过于灰暗，关注乡村中命运悲惨、失去劳动力的老人，无法通过捷克电影局的审查。捷克文化部长、诗人Miroslav Valek出面挽救了该片，将其更名为《旧世界群像》而转移了审查的压力。
这部纪录片的灵感来自马汀马伦克拍摄的老年人物肖像摄影。看似奇特的人物常隐藏着悲剧性的命运，他们因为贫穷、自私、疾病或老迈而频频挣扎，却又同时对抗着这世界。

An amiable picture about entering adulthood, great dreams, and the first - forbidden - love of a white postman, Jakub, and a pretty Gypsy girl, Jolanka. This is a poetic story, a mosaic of the playful world springing from the wild imagination of the village postman and its clash with the pragmatic mundane reality that finally beats the rosy dream's of the young protagonists. Director Dusan Hanak and screenwriter Dusan Dusek's most popular film has been cherished by critics as well as wide audiences at home arid abroad.

Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1969 Won Grand Prize
Dusan Hanák
A government official in Czechoslovakia mistakenly believes he has cancer. He reasons his involvement in clandestine activities during the Stalin administration have fated him to die from a dreaded disease. He searches for inner peace as he feels the guilt of his past transgressions. This film tied for the Grand Prize at the Mannheim Film Festival in 1969.
Slovak director Dusan Hanak was one of Czech cinema's brightest and best talents of the '60s and '70s, but because of censorship this was not manifest until the late '80s. Dusan made an impact on the film world with his auspicious debut 322 (1969). Though banned until 1988, when it was finally released, it earned international acclaim and the Grand Prix award at the Mannheim Film Festival. Hanak's sophomore effort, the documentary Obrazy Stareho Sveta/Image of an Old World (completed in 1972), was also not released until 1988 and neither was his 1980 film Ja Milujem, Ty Milujes/I Love You, You Love. Only Hanak's 1976 film Ruzove Sny/Rose-Tinted Dreams passed muster with censors and saw a timely release.

1980年的这部影片对准了一群铁路邮差，主角是当中一名其貌不扬、求爱处处碰壁的EVRYDAY，大伙儿想尽办法帮他出主义，心上人偏偏跟帮他出主意的帅小子搞在一起，只等佳人被搞大肚子之后，才轮到他来疗伤谈心，这部爱情喜剧，展现了哈那克在档案癖好之幽默风趣的一面，严肃导演也能拍爱情电影，能令人笑中带泪地体会卑微小人物生活的甘苦，也对俊男美女只重视表面的爱情功夫作了一翻嘲讽。此片历劫十年，在解禁之后哈那克以此片夺下1989年柏林影展的最佳导演奖。