Summary
The life story of communist journalist Jožka Jabůrková (1896–1942) was adapted for the big screen in 1985 by screenwriter Jaromíra Kolárová and director Juraj Herz. Her internment at the Ravensbrück concentration camp provides the framework for the moving biopic: the dying woman recalls her childhood, affected by her rebellion against her narrow-minded mother. Under the influence of her husband, the young woman then becomes increasingly aware of the prevalent social injustice and finds work with a communist newspaper for women, Rozsévačka (Seeder). Jabůrková is interned at Ravensbrück after refusing to collaborate with the occupying Germans; even in the concentration camp she continues to help other inmates… The film was made all the more impressive by the brilliant camerawork of Viktor Růžička as well as the score by composer Michael Kocáb. The director of the emotionally charged story cast Jana Riháková in the lead role while the part of the heroine’s mother went to Jana Brejchová, whose sister also got a smaller role in the film.
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