Daniel

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1961

Production year

1961

Runtime

27 min

Category

film

Genre

children, lyrical

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Daniel

Czech title

Daniel

English title

Daniel

Working title

Chlapec a věž

Synopsis

The mother of ten-year old Daniel has died. The boy, who is half-gypsy on his father's side, remains with his grandfather, the village blacksmith. Most of the children do not mind his dark skin but Olda writes him off as a dirty gypsy. Daniel runs away from his miseries to a hill with the look-out tower. Here, he observes the countryside and watches a deer grazing. Jarka wants to help him with his homework but the two of them fall out with each other flying kites; again, their quarrel is Olda's fault. On the way from the bus that takes the children to school, Daniel has a fight with the taller and stronger Olda. He cannot bear to see how Olda torments a frog. When his grandfather asks him why he has a mark on his face, Daniel does not betray Olda. Daniel longs to have a kite and his grandfather makes him a better one than any other child in the village. The kite also draws Olda to the hill. He borrows the kite from Daniel and breaks it running down the hill. The entire party turn their backs on him because of this. The children and the grandfather fix the kite and even let Olda join them. He apologizes to Daniel and the two boys become friends.

Cast

L. H. Struna

kovář František Horák

Vojtěch Bihari

chlapec Daniel, kovářův vnuk

Jarmila Rázlová

dívka Jarka, Danielova kamarádka

Alois Hrušecký

chlapec Olda

Ivan Hudecký

chlapec Jirka

Crew and creators

Assistant Director

Vladislav Machala

Continuity

Magda Sirová

Screenstory

Zdenek Sirový

Screenplay

Zdenek Sirový

Director of Photography

Jiří Kolín

Camera Operator

Oldřich Řičánek

Set Designer

Vilém Janík

Sound Designer

František Strangmüller, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)

Production Manager

Zdeněk Stibor

Unit Production Manager

Rudolf Polák

Cooperation

Jiří Liška (vrchní osvětlovač)

Music

Music Composed by

Milivoj Uzelac

Music Performed by

FISYO (Music Conducted by Milivoj Uzelac)

Production info

Original Title

Daniel

Czech Title

Daniel

English Title

Daniel

Working Title

Chlapec a věž

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

children, lyrical

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1961

Production Year

1961

Production specifications

projection approval 28 November 1961

Premiere

premiere 9 March 1962 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 9 March 1962 /suitable for youths/ (kina Belvedere /1 týden/, Dalibor /1 týden od 23. 3./ a Mladých /1 týden od 30. 3./, Praha)

Distribution slogan

no caption

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

27 min

Original length in metres

756 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech