Shades of Fern (Czech: Stín kapradiny) is a 1985 Czechoslovak crime film directed by František Vláčil.

[2] Rudolf works in a quarry and likes to illegally hunt in a local forest.

They are seen by an older couple and realize they have to leave the village.

They are later found by Policeman Marjánka and Rudolf shoots him.

Sensitive Václav is scared of Rudolf's brutality.