Supermen

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1946

Production year

1946

Premiere

29 November 1946

Runtime

69 min

Category

film

Genre

drama

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Nadlidé

Czech title

Nadlidé

English title

Supermen

Working title

Nezapomeň / Nezapomeň!

Synopsis

A resistance movement is formed soon after the country is occupied by the German army in 1939. Colonel Jánský and Lieutenant Mašek hide a transmitter and weapons in an abandoned quarry. They are aided by people from the nearby small town of Křemenec - the gamekeeper Severa and the ferryman Svoboda and his elder son. The German army has moved into Křemenec. The only person glad of their presence is the grocer Krejza and his wife coming from Sudetenland. Jánský is arrested in Prague. Mašek manages to escape on his return. Krejza denounces the publican, ferryman and his son, and the gamekeeper with his wife to the Gestapo and the secret policemen come to arrest them. During this tragic event, Eva, Jánský's daughter, comes to visit the ferryman and his son. Svoboda's daughter Anička runs to the gamekeeper's lodge to warn her. She does not know that it is too late and that the lodge is occupied by Germans. A German soldier tries to rape Anička but her mother intervenes. Yet the Germans kill her in the forest as she escapes. Mašek decides to escape with his wife across the border. They stop in Křemenec for Eva who has been left on her own. Before they go, Mašek seeks out Krejza and, as punishment for the death of the Czech patriots, shoots him dead.

Note

The film contains documentary footage filmed in the Prague streets from 15th March 1939.

Cast

Jaroslav Vojta

převozník Prokop Svoboda

Marie Nademlejnská

Anna, Svobodova žena

Vladimír Salač

Frantík, starší syn Svobodových

Eliška Kuchařová

Anička, dcera Svobodových

Jiří Krchňavý

Jeník, mladší syn Svobodových

František Kreuzmann

obchodník Bedřich Krejza

L. H. Struna

řidič Vondrák

Gustav Hilmar

plukovník Jánský

Pavla Vrbenská

Eva, Jánského dcera

František Roland

hajný Josef Severa

Jaroslav Zrotal

nadporučík Mašek alias Karel Hart

Libuše Zemková

Jarmila, Maškova žena

Eduard Linkers

poručík SS

František Marek

kapitán Wolf

Ota Motyčka

hospodský Václav Šafránek

František Miška

Jiří, Jánského syn

Radovan Lukavský

unterscharführer

Ferdinand Jarkovský

návštěvník hospody v klobouku

Zdeněk Hodr

gestapák

Ladislav Čermák

příslušník SS ve Wolfově kanceláři

Antonín Jirsa

muž na ulici

Marie Šponarová

Jánského žena

Helena Tomanová

Greta, Krejzova žena

Svatopluk Bezděka

V. Provazníková

Commentary

Dubbing

Oldřich Janovský

hlas z rozhlasu

Crew and creators

Screenstory

Josef Neuberg

Screenplay

Josef Neuberg

Commentary by

Václav Běhounek

Director of Photography

Jaroslav Tuzar, Petr Rovný

Second Unit Photography

Jaroslav Kníže

Production Designer

Karel Škvor

Film Editor

Antonín Zelenka

Sound Designer

Josef Vlček

Production Manager

Karel Šilhánek

Unit Production Manager

František Novák, František Růžička, Karel Klikar, František Jelínek

Cooperation

Josef Neuberg (režijní spolupráce), Antonín Frič (fotograf), František Michališ

Music

Music Composed by

Jiří Fiala

Music Performed by

FISYO (Music Conducted by Otakar Pařík)

Songs

Madelon, nalej mi vína /La Madelon de la victoire-Madelon vítězná/

Song Composer Charles Borel-Clerc

Production info

Original Title

Nadlidé

Czech Title

Nadlidé

English Title

Supermen

Working Title

Nezapomeň / Nezapomeň!

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

drama

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1946

Production Year

1946

Production specifications

start of filming 1 April 1946
end of filming 07/1946
projection approval 25 November 1946 (konec povolení k promítání 25. 11. 1951)

Premiere

premiere 29 November 1946 /suitable for youths/ (kina Hvězda /3 týdny/, Máj /3 týdny/ a Pasáž /2 týdny/, Praha)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Creative Group

Výrobní skupina Karla Feixe, Karel Feix (vedoucí výrobní skupiny)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

69 min

Original length in metres

1 959 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech, German

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech

Awards

Vítěz

Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů

1947
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Jaroslav Tuzar