First Grade

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1968

Production year

1968

Runtime

13 min

Category

film

Genre

narrative

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

První třída

Czech title

První třída

English title

First Grade

Synopsis

The school inspector criticizes a young teacher for the deficiencies of her first-grade pupils, but is more or less positive about all the others. The children straggle in to school from cottages scattered around the entire valley. They are so few that they all take one and the same class. The teacher praises and scolds the children in keeping with the inspector's evaluation. Her wretched first-grade consists of a single pupil, Martin. The lively and honest boy is embarrassed about the criticism and prefers to interrupt the teacher by asking her lots of questions. He also keeps calling her aunty Šindelářová, although she has forbidden him to do so. Everything seems to be a problem for him - writing, reading and calculation. One spring afternoon, the teacher pays a visit to the cottage where Martin lives. She is surprised to see the boy playing school and reciting entire poems, as well as counting and reading. The teacher understands that Martin is probably ashamed to speak before his older friends at school, who mock the baby of the family, and so the next day she tests him before an empty class.

Cast

Jana Vaňková

Voice by Jana Drbohlavová
učitelka Šindelářová

Miloslav Holub

školní inspektor

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Zdeněk Zydroň

Based on

Adelaida Kotovščikova (povídka)

Dramaturg

Milan Šimek

Director of Photography

Karel Kopecký

Camera Operator

Arne Parduba

Production Designer

Zdeněk Rozkopal

Costume Designer

Naďa Škapová

Sound Designer

Radomír Koutek

Production Manager

Dušan Schaffer

Music

Music Composed by

Harry Macourek

Production info

Original Title

První třída

Czech Title

První třída

English Title

First Grade

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

narrative

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1968

Production Year

1968

Production specifications

projection approval 13 October 1968

Premiere

preview 13 February 1969 (kino Nonstop '60 /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 20 February 1969 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní /kina Nonstop '60/)

Distribution slogan

no caption

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

13 min

Original length in metres

384 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