XC / Mar 10, 1961
Pochodně (1961)
Directed by Vladimír Čech
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Plot
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...
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Václav Sloup | accordionist Shrovetide |
| Lubomír Kostelka | singer Kulda |
| Vladimír Brabec | foreman Ladislav Zápotocký |
| Jan Tříska | foreman Josef Pecka |
| Jiří Kodet | editor Norbert Zoula |
| Rudolf Jelínek | editor Fait |
| Oldřich Lukeš | worker Smejkál |
| Oldřich Velen | worker Broz |
| Rudolf Deyl | Worker Hübner |
| Alexandra Myšková | delnice Pesková |
| Radoslav Brzobohatý | worker Kovár |
| Eman Fiala | drunk Rezler |
| Marie Brožová | Rezlerová - Josef's mother |
| Miloš Patočka | Young worker |
| Jiřina Krejčová | Younger worker |
| Miriam Hynková | Paulína |
| Oldřich Vykypěl | Police director |
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| Ota Motyčka | Rozslapil |
| Bohuš Záhorský | Praseckár |
| Miloš Nedbal | factor Purchased |
| Miloš Vavruška | |
| Martin Růžek | Pihovatý |
| Vladimír Menšík | Secret agent |
| Václav Lohniský | The warden in the match shop |
| Karel Effa | Warden in prison |
| Vladimír Leraus | Strak's secret council |
| Otakar Brousek | Angry gentleman |
| Dagmar Zikánová | Komorná |
| Karel Smyczek | Frantík |
| Marie Nademlejnská | worker |
| Otto Lackovič | worker |
| Ljuba Hermanová | Singer in cabaret |
| Vítězslav Černý | Hostinský |
| Bedřich Vrbský | Innkeeper |
| Václav Švec | waiter at Rozslapil |
| Josef Hlinomaz | Pianist in cabaret |
| Rudolf Pellar | Singer in cabaret |
| Karel Dostal | Manufacturer |
| Věra Langrová | Prostitute |
| Hana Davidová | Mána |
| Jana Břežková | Broz's daughter |
| Jaroslav Synák | Laborer |
| Helga Čočková | Rozálka |
| Ladislav Gzela | worker from Waldes |
| Zuzana Fišárková | worker |
| Karel Hovorka | Kamelot |
| Giorgos Skalenakis | dude in Vienna |
| Jiří Krampol | Mladík |
Genres
DramaHistory
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Pochodně |
| Original language | Český (CS) |
| Spoken languages | Český |
| Production countries | Czechoslovakia |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Filmové studio Barrandov |
| Release date | 10 marzo 1961 |
| Executive producer | Bohumil Šmída |
| Writer | Vladimír Neff, František Hrubín, Jiří Červený, Ladislav Fikar |
| Editing | Antonín Zelenka |
| Cinematography | Rudolf Stahl, Stanislav Milota, Bohumil Vodička |
| Assistant directors | Čestmír Mlíkovský, Vladimíra Vlková, Miloš Kohout, Věra Ticháčková, Vladimír Čech |
| Camera operators | Rudolf Stahl, Stanislav Milota, Bohumil Vodička |
| Additional photography | Rudolf Stahl, Stanislav Milota, Bohumil Vodička |
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| Production design | Bohuslav Kulič, Josef Dvořák, Josef Pavlík |
| Art direction | Bohuslav Kulič, Josef Dvořák, Josef Pavlík |
| Set decoration | Josef Dvořák, Josef Pavlík, Bohuslav Kulič |
| Music | Štěpán Lucký, František Černý, Bohumír Brunclík, František Belfín |
| Sound | František Černý, Bohumír Brunclík, Štěpán Lucký, František Belfín |
| Costume design | Karel Postřehovský, Slávka Doležalová-Kulhavá, Miloslava Šmídová, Oldřich Mach, Rudolf Buneš |
| Makeup | Karel Postřehovský, Slávka Doležalová-Kulhavá, Miloslava Šmídová, Oldřich Mach, Rudolf Buneš |
| Hairstyling | Karel Postřehovský, Slávka Doležalová-Kulhavá, Miloslava Šmídová, Oldřich Mach, Rudolf Buneš |
Release dates
Theatrical release
Germany / Sep 29, 1961 / East Germany
Russia / Oct 11, 1961
TV
Germany / Feb 15, 1963 / East Germany
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