Tenkrát o vánocích

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Tenkrát o vánocích (1958)

Directed by Karel Kachyňa

Drama, War

A Czechoslovak battalion, led by Captain Hloušek, conquers a Slovak mountain village two days before Christmas Eve 1944. Christmas and classical music is heard from nearby German positions. The soldiers get permission from their commanders to celebrate Christmas. The only one against is the austere second lieutenant Jílek, about whose past there are various rumours and whom the soldiers distrust. Captain Hloušek decides to reconnoitre the enemy positions, which, despite a minor incident, goes off without a hitch. The holiday of peace and tranquility can begin both with ours and the enemy...

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Cast

Otomar Korbelář Rudolf Deyl Petr Haničinec František Hanus Jiří Sovák Jiří Vala Otto Lackovič Vladimír Menšík František Vnouček
L
Lubomír Vidlák
A
Antonín Šůra
J
Jela Lukešová

Crew

Director
Karel Kachyňa
Screenplay
Jiří Beneš, Karel Kachyňa, František A. Dvořák
Director of Photography
Josef Illík
Original Music Composer
Miloš Vacek
Editor
Jan Chaloupek

Details

Release date
1958-12-05
Genres
Drama, War
Original language
CS
Spoken languages
Czech
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov