The Way to the Barricades
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1946Production year
1945—1946Premiere
3 May 1946Runtime
100 minDirector
Otakar VávraCategory
filmGenre
political, compilationTypology
documentarytheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Cesta k barikádámCzech title
Cesta k barikádámEnglish title
The Way to the BarricadesWorking title
Pravda vítězí
Photos
Commentary
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Otakar Vávra (idea a montáž), Vladimír Procházka (ideová spolupráce)
Screenplay
Commentary by
Director of Photography
Jindřich Brichta, Jiří Bronec, Josef Čepelák, František Čihák, Karel Degl, Ivan V. Frič, Václav Hanuš, Miroslav Lang, Jiří Lehovec, Jan Novák, Bořivoj Novák, Vladimír Novotný, Oldřich Payer, Ferdinand Pečenka, Karel Plicka, Jan Roth, Petr Rovný, Karel Smutný, Jan Stallich, Josef Střecha, František Sádek, Jaroslav Tuzar, Václav Vandrovec, Bohumil Vích, Čeněk Zahradníček, Josef Rudolf Zika, Karel Zrůbek
Film Editor
Antonín Zelenka (filmová úprava a střih)
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Music
Music Composed by
archivní
Selected Music
Bedřich Smetana (Libuše), Josef Suk (Radúz a Mahulena), Josef Suk (V nový život), Ludwig van Beethoven (Symfonie č. 5 c moll /Osudová/)
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Otakar Pařík)
Music Selected by
Songs
Hej, Slované
Song Composer lidová slovenská píseň
Writer of Lyrics Samo Tomášik
Singer sbor
Es geht alles vorüber, es geht alles vorbei
Song Composer Fred Raymond
Writer of Lyrics Max WallnerKurt Feltz
Singer Maria von Schmedesmužský sbor
Wir fahren gegen England
Song Composer Georg Göhler
Writer of Lyrics Hermann Löns
Singer mužský sbor
Lásku k vlasti
Singer sbor
Ruská píseň
Singer mužský sbor
Nemelem, nemelem
Production info
Original Title
Cesta k barikádám
Czech Title
Cesta k barikádám
English Title
The Way to the Barricades
Working Title
Pravda vítězí
Category
film
Typology
documentarytheatrical distribution
Genre
political, compilation
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1946
Production Year
1945—1946
Production specifications
date of censorship 30 April 1946 (konec povolení k promítání 30. 4. 1951)
withdrawal from distribution 29 October 1948
Premiere
premiere 3 May 1946 /suitable for youths/ (kino Lucerna /2 týdny/, Praha)
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
100 min
Original length in metres
2 980 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech, commentary, English, Russian
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
