A Little Story

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1945

Production year

1945

Premiere

3 May 1946

Runtime

22 min

Category

film

Genre

drama

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Malá historie

Czech title

Malá historie

English title

A Little Story

Working title

Češka

Synopsis

Young husband and wife Pavla and Karel Urban return from the country to their flat in Prague during the period of Nazi terror following the assassination of Acting Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia Heydrich. Gestapo agents arrest Karel during the night accusing him of distributing leaflets. The investigating officer tries to persuade the young woman to tell him the names of her husband's accomplices. Pavla almost believes his promise that Karel will be released. She overcomes her moment of weakness and when her husband is executed without trial, she joins the resistance movement.

Note

Film was released in distribution together with the short film The Mother's Day 1945 (1945, directed by K. M. Walló) and the British medium length title Before the Raid (1944; directed by Jiří Weiss) under the joint title Occupation Trilogy.

Cast

Jana Dítětová

Pavla Urbanová

Václav Voska

Karel Urban, Pavlin muž

Josef Beyvl

odbojový pracovník

František Šlégr

gestapák Wunderlich

Otylie Beníšková

stará žena na chodbě, matka zatčeného Františka

Oldřich Panoš

syn Urbanových v Pavlině vizi

Crew and creators

Assistant Director

Drahoslav Holub, Ivo Toman

Director of Photography

Pavel Hrdlička

Camera Operator

Svatopluk Malý

Production Designer

Miroslav Pelc

Assistant Film Editor

Miroslav Hájek

Sound Designer

Jan Paleček

Production Manager

Miloslav Procházka

Cooperation

žáci a kurzisté Československého filmového ústavu

Music

Music Composed by

Jiří Sternwald

Production info

Original Title

Malá historie

Czech Title

Malá historie

English Title

A Little Story

Working Title

Češka

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

drama

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1945

Production Year

1945

Production specifications

start of filming 29 October 1945 (ateliéry)
end of filming 29 November 1945 (ateliéry)
projection approval 30 January 1946 (konec povolení k promítání 30. 1. 1951)

Premiere

premiere 3 May 1946 /suitable for youths/ (kino Moskva /1 týden/, Praha)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Studio

Radlice

Creative Group

Pracovní skupina Miloslava Procházky, Miloslav Procházka (šéf pracovní skupiny)

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

22 min

Original length in metres

645 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