Distribution media
Medium | Duration | Subtitles |
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16 mm | 93 min | |
35 mm | 93 min |
About the film distribution
In the film´s original version Martin, anguished and run-down by the hypocrisy of the adults´ world, throws himself into the swift currents under a weir and drowns. At the funeral, attended by the entire village, all the boys who should have come to serve as acolytes keep their promise and come dressed as young socialist pioneers. After the audience had refused the tragic end at the first test projection, the director shot a new version in which Martin is saved and, soaked and scared, hides inside a shed. The original version has not survived on any film material.
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Film data
About a film
Production year | 1961 |
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Countries | Czechoslovakia |
Categories | film |
Genres | drama |
Form | feature |
Duration | 93 min |
Director | Václav Gajer |
Cast | Michal Koblic, Josef Šrajer, Michael Dáňa, Jan Kovařík, Martin Švehla, Karla Svobodová |
Director of photography | Jiří Vojta |
Screenplay | Ota Hofman |
Editor | Zdeněk Stehlík |
Production designer | Miroslav Hrachovec |
Music | Evžen Illín |
Sound designer | Adolf Nacházel, Bohumír Brunclík |