Courage for everyday life
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Courage for everyday life |
| Original title | Každý den odvahu |
| Country of production | Czechoslovakia |
| original language | Czech |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Evald Schorm |
| script |
Jan Čuřík , Antonín Mása , Evald Schorm |
| production | Československý Státní Film Studio 43 |
| music | Jan Klusák |
| camera | Jan Čuřík |
| cut | Josef Dobrichowský |
| occupation | |
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Courage for everyday life (alternative title: Every day bravery , original title: Každý den odvahu ) is a Czechoslovakian film in black and white from 1964 by Evald Schorm , who - together with Jan Čuřík and Anton Mása - wrote the script. Jana Brejová , Jan Kacer and Jiřina Jirásková can be seen in the main roles . The work had its world premiere on December 18, 1964 in Czechoslovakia. In the Federal Republic of Germany it premiered on February 13, 1967 in the program of the Second German Television ( ZDF ).
action
Jarda Lukas' everyday life consists of working on his workbench in the factory and the halfway stolen hours of love with his girlfriend Vera in her room, always aware of the danger of being discovered by the quarrelsome old woman, Vera's landlady. His activity in the service of the Communist Party has long passed the stage of enthusiasm; it has become a duty that doesn't always taste good. “People are all so passive. I am the donkey that carries everything and has none of it, ”he complains to Vera. And: "I'm getting fed up with playing the clown for people." The people - that is the people around Jarda, the elderly, who instead of living in the present in a past disguised by memories, and the Boys who, like Borek, the student who was expelled from the university, cannot find their way around the present because this present is contrary to their wishes. Jarda fights honestly but in vain against the lethargy of his fellow human beings. Neither the punch in the pit of Borek's stomach nor the slaps in the face of a magician whom he believes made a fool of himself serve his cause. This beating, like the one that he finally receives himself, is only a sign of a powerlessness that does not allow him to have a changing, improving effect on his surroundings.
Awards
At the Locarno International Film Festival in 1966 Evald Schorn won the Grand Prize for the best film, and two years later at the Pilsen Film Festival 1968 the Golden Kingfisher.
Reviews
The Protestant Film Observer drew the following conclusion after the German-language premiere on ZDF: “A film about 'the time of adaptation' in Czechoslovakia that is well worth seeing. Using the example of the young worker functionary Jarda Lukas, director Evald Schorm shows that even the greatest enthusiasm for a cause can be dried up by the demands and trivialities of everyday life. Infected by the lethargy of his colleagues and fellow human beings who have come to terms with each other and "adjusted", Jarda is also on the verge of surrender. […] Definitely to be recommended. ”The lexicon of international film also comes to a positive conclusion:“ Self-criticism of Czech socialism that strives for precise milieu marking, episodically marked. Interesting due to a frankness that was only possible before the Soviet invasion of the CSSR (1968). "
Web links
- Courage for everyday life in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 243/1967, pp. 327–328.
- ↑ Lexicon of International Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 from 1988, p. 2687.