Pochodně
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Prague in the 1870s. Work in Smolík's sulphur factory is hard and dangerous to health. The poorly paid workers resemble torches because their clothes are soaked with poisonous phosphorus. Young Josef Rezler also works in the sulphur factory and uses his earnings to feed his mother and little sisters. He throws his perpetually drunken father out of the house. The older worker Brož forces Josef to learn to read and write. A cholera epidemic breaks out in Prague and Josef is the only one of his family to survive the disease...
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Cast
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Eduard Cupák
worker Josef Rezler
Known for
Witchhammer
Zuzana Stivínová
Anci Rozsypalová
Also in
Black and White Sylva
Zámek pro Barborku
Jaroslav Vojta
factory Smolík
Also in
The Hordubals
The Comedian's Princess
Luděk Munzar
Otto - Smolík's son
Also in
The Joke
Carriage to Vienna
Karel Höger
Father Novotný
Known for
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Zdeněk Braunschläger
editor Kolár
Also in
The Bridge at Remagen
Dobrodružství šesti trampů
Vlastimil Hašek
singer Hejkal
Known for
The Girl on the Broomstick
Václav Sloup
accordionist Shrovetide
Known for
Marketa Lazarová
Lubomír Kostelka
singer Kulda
Also in
A Case for a Rookie Hangman
The Flying Cestmir
Vladimír Brabec
foreman Ladislav Zápotocký
Also in
Thirty Cases of Major Zema
We All Are Required to Attend School
Jan Tříska
foreman Josef Pecka
Known for
Apt Pupil
Ronin
Jiří Kodet
editor Norbert Zoula
Known for
Cosy Dens
Morgiana
Vladimír Čech Director · Vladimír Neff Screenplay Štěpán Lucký Composer
First release March 10, 1961 · Produced in XC · Working title Ze starých pamětí
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
XC
Produced in
Ze starých pamětí
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Languages
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
XC · March 10, 1961
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
September 29, 1961 · Theatrical · East Germany
February 15, 1963 · TV · East Germany
Russia
October 11, 1961 · Theatrical
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