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Pochodně

1961-03-10 · Runtime unavailable · ★ 7.0

Drama · History

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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Directors
Vladimír Čech
Production companies
Filmové studio Barrandov
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Eduard CupákEduard Cupákworker Josef Rezler
Zuzana StivínováZuzana StivínováAnci Rozsypalová
Jaroslav VojtaJaroslav Vojtafactory Smolík
Luděk MunzarLuděk MunzarOtto - Smolík's son
Karel HögerKarel HögerFather Novotný
Zdeněk Braunschlägereditor Kolár
Vlastimil HašekVlastimil Hašeksinger Hejkal
Václav SloupVáclav Sloupaccordionist Shrovetide
Lubomír KostelkaLubomír Kostelkasinger Kulda
Vladimír BrabecVladimír Brabecforeman Ladislav Zápotocký
Jan TřískaJan Třískaforeman Josef Pecka
Jiří KodetJiří Kodeteditor Norbert Zoula
Rudolf JelínekRudolf Jelínekeditor Fait
Oldřich LukešOldřich Lukešworker Smejkál
Oldřich VelenOldřich Velenworker Broz
Rudolf DeylRudolf DeylWorker Hübner
Alexandra Myškovádelnice Pesková
Radoslav BrzobohatýRadoslav Brzobohatýworker Kovár
Eman FialaEman Fialadrunk Rezler
Marie BrožováMarie BrožováRezlerová - Josef's mother

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