In the Year of Our Lord 1948
Category
filmGenre
étudeTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
L. P. 1948Czech title
L. P. 1948English title
In the Year of Our Lord 1948Synopsis
In the village school, three years after the war children are listening to the catechist’s story telling about Babylon’s tower. Among the children is also Vašík. His father is a chairman of the proletarian union of atheists, who calls his believing wife an unprincipled opportunist. He forbids the religion classes to his son. The catechist complains to the headmaster that young people prefer dancing, tramping, sport, and the interest in church is falling off. In the competition for a church solo singer wins Vašík, but his father allows him only to sing at funerals for a fee. The boy will get fifty crowns for his performance and he wishes that a plague sets in so that he could buy his longed-for horse. The communist president Gottwald’s speech signalises new times and the catechist is arrested by police. Vašík is singing with other pioneers a song glorifying socialist building up and he is happy – their pioneer organisation has a horse.
Photos
Cast
Jan Semotán
Vašík
Jiří Schmitzer
otec Vacek
Hana Brejchová
matka Vacková
Miloslav Štibich
farář
Vlastimil Brodský
řídící
Anna Semotánová
holčička
Karel Jungwirt
Michal Šonda
děti ze ZŠ Řeporyje
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Milan Tomsa, David Sís
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Martin Froyda, Robert Jančík
Set Designer
Jiří Žůček
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Cooperation
Ivan Malý (fotograf), Pavel Dobrovský
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Pavel Mesány /varhany/, Pavel Fiedler, Lubor Šonka, Jiří Růžička (2)
Music Conducted by
Songs
Modlitba za vlast /Beránku Boží, děťátko z ráje/
Song Composer Josef Bohuslav Foerster
Writer of Lyrics Josef Václav Sládek
Singer Jan BaťaJan Semotán [dab]
Rozkvetlý den
Song Composer Radim Drejsl
Writer of Lyrics Miroslav Zachata
Singer sbor
Se zpěvem a smíchem
Song Composer Josef Stanislav
Writer of Lyrics Olga Rambousková
Singer sborJan Semotán
Production info
Original Title
L. P. 1948
Czech Title
L. P. 1948
English Title
In the Year of Our Lord 1948
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
étude
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1989
Production Year
1989
Production
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
19 min
Original length in metres
213 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm
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
Awards
Vítěz
Festival: 1. festival FAMU Praha
1991
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Jan Hřebejk
