The Seventh Evening
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1974Production year
1974Premiere
31 January 1975Runtime
90 minDirector
Vladimír ČechCategory
filmGenre
drama, crimeTypology
featurelongOriginal title
Sedmého dne večerCzech title
Sedmého dne večerEnglish title
The Seventh EveningWorking Title
Pět dní kapitána Š.Summary
Vladimír Čech filmed this psychological drama with criminal intrigue in 1974. The story’s protagonist is Václav Martan, a former aviation mechanic who tries to start a new life upon his release from prison. Martan is able to find work as a forest labourer in a border village – and a love interest in temporary worker Ivana. But when two murdered men are discovered in the forest, Martan, a man who has spent five years doing hard labour in the uranium mines for trying to hijack an airplane, becomes the main suspect. This story, based on a script from author and screenwriter Rudolf Kalčík, is designed as a tale of redemption for a character who previously strayed from the ideological path. Eduard Cupák offers a convincing performance in the lead role. Karel Höger and Luďek Munzar play two criminologists assisted by Martan in tracking down the real perpetrators of the crime.
Synopsis
Václav Martan, a former aircraft mechanic moves in a frontier village. He buys a horse from the pensioner Vávra, and he wants to work with the horse in the wood. He stays in a flat above the pub and he knocks the old animal into shape by walks and grazing on the meadows. Soon he makes friends with a young and pretty temporary worker Ivana and he even asks for her hand. He tells her he used to make a lot of money in uranium mines but he missed there the nature. The girl has parents living inland who tremble for her and therefore they are sending her packets with oranges. In the wood where Martan uses to feed the horse a technician and a foreste are shot. The criminalists start to investigate the case together with the frontier guards. Martan becomes suspected. Some time ago he was in prison for five years because he had attempted to hijack an airplane. Ivana told him a lie too, in reality she had grown up in a children's home and she is sending the fruit herself. Tonda Randák who had seen Martan to run away from the scene of the crime is an important witness. Tonda's brother Eda deserted from the army and fled to the West. Martan is arrested, he admits that it was he who has found both dead men but he was afraid to report it. But while he is arrested, a soldier is wounded by shooting at the border with the same gun. Randák starts to say to the police that Eda had not fled anywhere and is hiding in the surroundings. Martan is not guilty but the criminalists announce with his consent that Martan had pleaded guilty. After seven days of searching Tonda Randák is convicted and arrested. Ivana and Václav shall explain many things to each other now.
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Cast
Eduard Cupák
Václav Martan, bývalý letecký mechanik
Hana Packertová
brigádnice Ivana Zímová
Jan Přeučil
dělník na pile Tonda Randák
Karel Höger
kriminalista major Tichý
Luděk Munzar
kriminalista kapitán Jan Šrámek
Jitka Zelenohorská
Eva, Šrámkova žena
Gustav Heverle
major Pohraniční stráže Baloc
Miroslav Krejča
nadporučík Hromádka
Jiří Krampol
poručík Jakeš
Ladislav Trojan
kriminalista Zeman
Josef Beyvl
harmonikář Zunt
Jiří Němeček
nadpraporčík Ryba
Eduard Kohout
starý Randák
Jana Hermachová
Tereza Randáková
Miloslav Holub
Vávra, Martanův předchůdce
Robert Vrchota
polesný Kovanda
Raoul Schránil
polesný Rataj
Oldřich Velen
hostinský
Jiřina Bílá
kuchařka
Václav Kotva
lesní technik Alois Moučka
Marie Popelková
stařenka
Anna Vaňková
výčepní
Zuzana Talpová
servírka
Ilona Jirotková
Jiřina
Zdeněk Kryzánek
Tomášek
Stanislav Hájek
Otava
Stanislav Hrdlička
Mach
Mirko Musil
správce Doubek
Vladimír Navrátil
Němec
Josef Šebek
voják Burian
Pavel Jindra
pasák
Bohuslav Remeš
hlídka VB
Petr Hanousek
hlídka VB
Zdeněk Mucha
hlídka Pohraniční stráže
Milan Blecha
hlídka Pohraniční stráže
Petr Kubinský
řidič Pohraniční stráže
Eva Kubínská
brigádnice
Dagmar Průchová
brigádnice
Vilemína Nejedlová-Skokanová
prodavačka Marková
Elena Strupková
úřednice na poště
příslušníci Československé llidové armády
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Stanislav Ulver, Lenka Němečková
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Script Editor
Camera
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Art Director
Jiří Švengsbír
Set Designer
Josef Müller, Bohuslav Varhaník, Jiří Žůček
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Karel Škop, Vlasta Synkulová
Unit Production Manager
Consultant
plk. Jan Kovář, František Kruml, mjr. Stanislav Hrdlička
Cooperation
T. Hospodářová, Josef Janoušek, Eliška Willigová, Vladimír Hovorka
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Music Conducted by
František Belfín (FISYO)
Songs
Zdálo se mi, má panenko, Na Šumavě je dolina
Singer
sbor (Zdálo se mi, má panenko), sbor (Na Šumavě je dolina)
Production info
Original Title
Sedmého dne večer
English Title
The Seventh Evening
Working Title
Pět dní kapitána Š.
Category
film
Typology
feature
Genre
drama, crime
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1974
Production Year
1974
Premiere
31 January 1975
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
Technical info
Lenght
long
Runtime
90 min
Versions
Czech
Awards
Vítěz
Event: Literární soutěž k 25. výročí Února
1973
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Rudolf Kalčík
Vítěz
Event: Literární soutěž k 25. výročí Února
1973
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Vladimír Čech