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{{short description|1946 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Men Without Wings
| image = Men_Without_Wings_poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[František Čáp]]
| producer =
| writer = Bohumil Štěpánek
| starring = [[Gustav Nezval]]<br>[[Ladislav H. Struna]]<br>[[Jaroslav Zrotal]]
| music = Julius Kalaš
| cinematography = [[Jan Stallich]]
| editing = Jan Kohout
| studio = Československá filmová společnost
| distributor = Státní půjčovna filmů
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1946|10|25}}
| runtime = 79 minutes
| country = Czechoslovakia
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'''''Men Without Wings''''' ({{lang-cs|'''Muži bez křídel'''}}) is a 1946 Czech [[drama film]] directed by [[František Čáp]].<ref name="filmovyprehled">{{cite web|url=https://www.filmovyprehled.cz/en/film/396021 | title=Men Without Wings |website=Filmový přehled| publisher=NFA|accessdate=3 March 2020}}</ref> It was entered into the [[1946 Cannes Film Festival]].,<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4357/year/1946.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Men Without Wings |accessdate=2 January 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> Wherewhere it was one of the winners of the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, later known as the [[Palme d'orOr]].
 
==Plot==
The actionfilm takes place in the occupied Czechoslovak Republic of Czechoslovakia after the [[Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich|assassination]] of [[Schutzstaffel]] (SS)-''[[Obergruppenführer]]'' and ''General der Polizei'' [[Reinhard Heydrich]], head of the ''Reichssicherheitshauptamt'' ([[Reich Main Security Main Office]], RSHA), the combined security services of [[Nazi Germany]], and acting ''Reichsprotektor'' of the [[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia]].{{sfn|McNab|2009|pp=41, 158–161}} In [[Prague]] on 27 May 1942.
 
Jirka is thea boy whose family was murdered in the village of [[Lidice]] as repercussions for the assassination of Heydrich. He stays with his uncle -, engineer Petr Lom. Martaand -Marta, a young girl leavingliving next door, workingwho works at the post office helps to help take care of the boy.
Lom has just started working on the military airport, governed by [[Sudeten Germans#Rise of Nazis|Sudeten-Nazi named]] Ullman. Resistance is quite active in the airport, collecting arms and grenades and communicating with allies, sometimes doing some small diversion. They have a lot of great intel thanks to secretary Jana TomesowaTomešová, who is trustee of Ullman's trustee and has access to a lot of restricted informationsinformation. Jirka also starts to helpworking at the airport, but he's is filled with sorrow and in need of revenge. He's gets caught stealing a grenade and is arrested by gestapo.the Later[[Gestapo]], he'sand later shot. When Jana sees ithim she faints, and Ullman finds somea secret message she had with her. He tells he has found something to his gestapoGestapo friends and goes to the warehouse to investigate itwhere himselfhe gets killed by being pushed onto a transformer. InThe thereGestapo start arresting and searching houses of airport workers, revealing that Marta is an informer for the Germans. Lom is not aware of this as he is still struck by Jirka's killeddeath. byHe resistancepicks the gun from his hideout and walks back to the airport. After the neighbours tell him the truth about Marta, byLom beingkills pushedher and ontohelps transformerJana escape.
Gestapo starts arresting and searching houses of airport workers, and it turns out that Marta is working with Germans as informer. Lom doesn't know that yet, he's struck by Jirkas death. He picks the gun from his hideout and walks back to the airport. The neighbours tell him truth about Marta. Lom kills her and helps Jana escape.
 
Germans gather airport workers and threaten to kill them all if nooneno one says who killed Ullman. Then Lom appears saying he did it and killingkills mensome fromGestapo gestapoofficers, who killed Jirka.he He'sis killed by the soldiers. Workers go back to work.
 
In the last scene of the film, a dying Lom has a vision of the future. He sees a woman with gun (symbolizing Chechoslovakia) going forward with war attrocitiesatrocities around her. However she doesn'tdoes not stop until the war is over and the Czechoslovak flag appears on a mast.
 
==Cast==
* [[Gustav Nezval]] as Engineer Petr Lom
* [[Ladislav H. Struna]] as Chief Engineer Bureš
* [[Jaroslav Zrotal]] as Engineer Pavlík
* [[Vladimír Hlavatý]] as Engineer Karas
* [[Jan W. Speerger]] as Engineer Vondra
* [[Jaroslav Seník]] as Zeman
* [[Ladislav Hájek]] as Jirka
* [[Karel Peyr]] as Director of the airport
* [[Eduard Linkers]] as Ullmann
* [[Jiřina Petrovická]] as Secretary Jana Tomešová
* [[Pavla Vrbenská]] as Post office worker Marta Pohlová
 
==References==
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{{reflist}}
 
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0038760|title=Men Without Wings}}
{{František Čáp}}
 
{{Palme d'Or |state=collapsed}}
 
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Latest revision as of 22:43, 8 April 2024

Men Without Wings
Film poster
Directed byFrantišek Čáp
Written byBohumil Štěpánek
StarringGustav Nezval
Ladislav H. Struna
Jaroslav Zrotal
CinematographyJan Stallich
Edited byJan Kohout
Music byJulius Kalaš
Production
company
Československá filmová společnost
Distributed byStátní půjčovna filmů
Release date
  • 25 October 1946 (1946-10-25)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageCzech

Men Without Wings (Czech: Muži bez křídel) is a 1946 Czech drama film directed by František Čáp.[1] It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival,[2] where it was one of the winners of the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, later known as the Palme d'Or.

Plot[edit]

The film takes place in the occupied Republic of Czechoslovakia after the assassination of Schutzstaffel-Obergruppenführer and General der Polizei Reinhard Heydrich, head of the Reich Security Main Office, the combined security services of Nazi Germany, and acting Reichsprotektor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. In Prague on 27 May 1942.

Jirka is a boy whose family was murdered in the village of Lidice as repercussions for the assassination of Heydrich. He stays with his uncle, engineer Petr Lom and Marta, a young girl living next door, who works at the post office to help take care of the boy. Lom has just started working on the military airport, governed by Sudeten-Nazi Ullman. Resistance is quite active in the airport, collecting arms and grenades and communicating with allies. They have a lot of great intel thanks to secretary Jana Tomešová, who is Ullman's trustee and has access to a lot of restricted information. Jirka also starts working at the airport, but he is filled with sorrow and in need of revenge. He gets caught stealing a grenade and is arrested by the Gestapo, and later shot. When Jana sees him she faints and Ullman finds a secret message she had with her. He tells his Gestapo friends and goes to the warehouse to investigate where he gets killed by being pushed onto a transformer. The Gestapo start arresting and searching houses of airport workers, revealing that Marta is an informer for the Germans. Lom is not aware of this as he is still struck by Jirka's death. He picks the gun from his hideout and walks back to the airport. After the neighbours tell him the truth about Marta, Lom kills her and helps Jana escape.

Germans gather airport workers and threaten to kill them if no one says who killed Ullman. Then Lom appears saying he did it and kills some Gestapo officers, he is killed by the soldiers.

In the last scene of the film, a dying Lom has a vision of the future. He sees a woman with gun going forward with war atrocities around her. However she does not stop until the war is over and the Czechoslovak flag appears on a mast.

Cast[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Men Without Wings". Filmový přehled. NFA. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Men Without Wings". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2 January 2009.

External links[edit]

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