A story set in revolutionary China, whose proletariat suffers and starves, but refuses to be passive and rises to decisive resistance. Even the artists believe in the victory of the working class, and the symbol of this victory becomes the red poppy, a flower given by a sailor from a Russian ship that brought the much-prized flour to China as a gift to the Chinese comrades.
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Pavel Blumenfeld Director · Mikhail Ivanovich Kurilko Author Vasily Dmitrievich Tikhomirov Author
First release May 8, 1955 · Produced in XC · Production Československá televize Praha
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Československý štátny film Bratislava
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Československá televize Praha
Production
XC
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Original title
Rudý mák
Original language
Czech
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No dialogue
Release dates
XC · May 8, 1955
TV · ČST
XC · May 13, 1955
Limited theatrical · Prague, Praha theatre
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