Year of the Revolution 1848 (1949)
The Czech revival movement is divided at the end of the first half of the 19th century. While the older generation, such as František Palacký, urges restraint, students lean towards radical positions. A report on the revolutionary events in Paris prompts Czech Prague residents to write down the demands of the Czech nation for self-determination and the proclamation of a constitution. Tensions peak during the All-Slavic Congress in Prague's Žofín. Vienna rejects the Czech demands and the congress is brutally dispersed by the Austrian police. Prague begins to build barricades...
Director:
Václav Krška
Writers:
Otakar Vávra, Miloš Václav Kratochvíl.
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Vladimír Ráž as Josef Václav Fric, student |
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Václav Voska as Karel Sabina, spisovatel |
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Josef Bek as Karel Havlícek Borovský, spisovatel |
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Zdeněk Štěpánek as historik František Palacký |
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František Smolík as Josef Frantisek Fric |
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Helena Friedlová as Josefova matka |
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Vlasta Fabianová as Bozena Nemcová, spisovatelka |
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Zdeněk Dítě as Mikovec |
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Soběslav Sejk as Nosek |
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Jaroslav Mareš as Majzner |
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Jiří Plachý as politik František August Brauner |
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Vítězslav Boček as Pravoslav Trojan |
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Saša Rašilov as klenotník Franz Houska |
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Zdeňka Baldová as Houskova žena |
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Věra Petáková as Lény, dcera Houskových |
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Theodor Pištěk as Duchodní |
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Jaroslav Marvan as Petr Fastr, hostinský |
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Eva Karelová as Filoménka Dittrichová, císnice |
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Jiřina Petrovická as Marie Podlipská |
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Zvonimir Rogoz as kníže Clemens Wenzel Metternich |
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Bedřich Vrbský as nejvyšší purkrabí Rudolf, hrabě Stadion |
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Eduard Dubský as Hrabe Leopold Thun-Hohenstein |
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Karel Dostal as Kníze Alfred Windischgrätz |
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Libuše Freslová as Princess zu Windisch-Graetz |
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Eduard Kohout as Císar Ferdinand V. |
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Felix le Breux as Baron Portheim |
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Marie Popelková as Baronka Portheimová |
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Václav Vaňátko as Rochlík |
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Jiří Dohnal as Pavel Josef Safarík |
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Vladimír Salač as Bedrich Smetana, skladatel |
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František Černý as Tlustý mestan |
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Karel Jelínek as Úredník u bankére |
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Marie Kautská as Dcera bankére Geittlera |
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Jan S. Kolár as Dr. Vanek |
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Marta Májová as Zena ve sklepe |
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Viktor Očásek as Úcetní u Portheima |
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Ota Motyčka as Vaclena, delník |
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František Vnouček as Policejní úredník |
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Antonín Šůra as Student na barikáde |
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Jiří Vondrovič as Hejsek |
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Robert Vrchota as Hula, delník |
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Jarmila Bechyňová as Zena v Portheimce |
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Božena Helclová as Dáma v salonu |
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Zdena Kožíková as Dáma v salonu |
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Hynek Němec as Príhoda, delegát / Schmidinger, duchovní |
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Růžena Gottliebová as Hrabenka Stadionová |
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Jaroslav Seník as Geittler, bankér |
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Josef Bělský as Biel, komisar |
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Jiří Němeček as Student |
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Bolek Prchal as Delník |
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Václav Švec as Mistr v Portheimce |
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Vladimír Brabec as Student |
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Vladimír Řepa as Prucha, delník |
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Oldřich Šmalcl as Student |
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Stanislav Remunda as Student |
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Karel Richter as Pikolík |
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Vladimír Hlavatý as Maslena, delník |
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Rudolf Deyl as Delník |
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Antonín Holzinger as Vrchní |
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František Kreuzmann as Müller, purkmistr |
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Eman Fiala as Hosek, správce lázní |
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František Marek as Poradatel |
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Zdeněk Hodr as Rakouský Dustojník |
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Vojta Plachý-Tůma as Univerzitní profesor |
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Josef Kotapiš as Revolucní delník |
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Jan W. Speerger as Vrátný v portheimce / mistr tiskar |
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Miloslav Jenčík as Jan Neruda, čtrnáctiletý |
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Miloš Kopecký as Komorník u Portheima |
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František Klika as German Townsman |
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Antonín Kandert as Schillnig, spisovatel / zástupce Liberce |
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Josef Příhoda as German Citizen |
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Josef Maršálek as Ranený student |
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Václav Špidla as Student v pruvodu |
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Karel Hovorka as Student v pruvodu |
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Karel Pavlík as důstojník a uvaděč u hraběte Thuna |
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Richard Záhorský as mnich |
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Soňa Červená as dáma u Windischgrätze |
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Vlastimil Fišar as důstojník u Windischgrätze |
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Josef Mixa as Student na barikáde |
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Jaroslav Zrotal as muž se sudem |
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Radovan Lukavský as důstojník oznamující kapitulaci |
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Helena Tomanová as Geittlerova dcera |
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Ema Hrubá as Palacká |
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Josef Leitner as vysoký hodnostář v lóži |
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Jarmila Patzeltová as Geittlerova dcera |
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Otto Tutter as policejní komisař |
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Ladislav Janeček as důstojnický kurýr |
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Karel Šašek as mladý německý bankéř |
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Ada Dohnal as strážník |
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Ladislav Kulhánek as německý občan |
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Josef Steigl as vrátný u Portheima |
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Antonín Jedlička as mladík s novinami |
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Jiří Majer as Branimír Tyl |
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Karel Svoboda as důstojník |
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Egon Kulhánek as německý student |
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Harold Mayer as |
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Břetislav Král as |
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Method Buitcik as |
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Vladimír Jedenáctík as student v hostinci |
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František Holar as hrabě Lubomirski |
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Ilona Kubásková as měštka ve sklepě |
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Zdeněk Šavrda as domovník u Housky |
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Otakar Brousek as důstojník u císaře |
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Oskar Hák as tlustý hoch ve sklepě |
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Stanislav Litera as student v lázních |
| Writing | Otakar Vávra | Creative Producer |
| Sound | František Škvor | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Václav Krška | Director |
| Camera | Jan Stallich | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jan Kohout | Editor |
| Directing | Jaroslav Beránek | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Rudolf Milič | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Josef Beran | Production Manager |
| Writing | Miloš Václav Kratochvíl | Story |
| Sound | Stanislav Vondraš | Sound |
| Sound | Otakar Pařík | Conductor |
| Art | František Zajíček | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Erna Beranová | Makeup & Hair |
| Writing | Karel Josef Beneš | Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Václav Kamarád | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | František Milič | Production Manager |
| Art | Jan Zázvorka | Production Design |
| Sound | Milivoj Uzelac | Conductor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fernand Vácha | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | J. M. Gottlieb | Costume Design |
| Writing | Otakar Vávra | Story |
| Camera | Bohumil Hába | Assistant Camera |
| Writing | Otakar Vávra | Screenplay |
| Writing | Miloš Václav Kratochvíl | Screenplay |