- Country: Czechoslovakia
- Genres: Crime, Drama
- Release: 1986-01-01
- Director: Frantisek Vlácil
- Writers: Jan Otcenásek , Vladimír Körner , Frantisek Vlácil , Josef Capek
- Language: Czech
- Stars: Marek Probosz , Zbigniew Suszynski , Miroslav Machácek , Miroslav Machácek , Miroslav Machácek , Frantisek Peterka , Josef Patocka , Vladimír Hlavatý , Marie Jezková , Oldrich Velen , Vítezslav Jandák , Petr Skarke
- Runtime: 90 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Shades of Fern , Ormbunkars skuggor (Sweden) , Bregnernes skygge (Denmark) , Shades of Fern (United Kingdom) , Тень папоротника , Stín kapradiny , Cien paproci (Poland) , The Shadow of the Ferns (United States of America) , Stín kapradiny
- Plot: After a murder of a gamekeeper who catches them red-handed having just downed a deer, two teenage boys, conceited Ruda (Marek Probosz) and shy Václav (Zbigniew Suszynski) go on the run through the woods.
- IMDB:tt0176198
The Shadow of the Ferns Cast · · · ALL
Frantisek Vlácil
Director
Marek Probosz
Ruda Aksamit
Miroslav Machácek
Keeper / vagabond / beggar
Frantisek Peterka
Father Aksamit
Josef Patocka
Elsner
Vladimír Hlavatý
Cepelka
Marie Jezková
Cepelková
Oldrich Velen
Tutelary
Vítezslav Jandák
Policeman