Tenkrát o vánocích (1958)
A Czechoslovak battalion, led by Captain Hloušek, conquers a Slovak mountain village two days before Christmas Eve 1944. Christmas and classical music is heard from nearby German positions. The soldiers get permission from their commanders to celebrate Christmas. The only one against is the austere second lieutenant Jílek, about whose past there are various rumours and whom the soldiers distrust. Captain Hloušek decides to reconnoitre the enemy positions, which, despite a minor incident, goes off without a hitch. The holiday of peace and tranquility can begin both with ours and the enemy...
Director:
Karel Kachyňa
Writers:
Jiří Beneš, Karel Kachyňa, František A. Dvořák.
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Otomar Korbelář as |
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Rudolf Deyl as |
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Petr Haničinec as |
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František Hanus as |
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Jiří Sovák as |
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Jiří Vala as |
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Otto Lackovič as |
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Vladimír Menšík as |
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František Vnouček as |
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Lubomír Vidlák as |
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Antonín Šůra as |
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Jela Lukešová as |
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Eva Klepáčová as |
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Mária Sýkorová as |
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Květa Fialová as |
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Jan Víšek as |
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Ladislav Ryšlink as |
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Ferdinand Krůta as |
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Zdeněk Řehoř as |
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Luděk Pilc as |
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Eliška Kachyňová as |
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Petr Leníček as |
| Production | Ladislav Novotný | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Bedřich Kubala | Creative Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Sadílek | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie Broncová | Costumer |
| Writing | Jiří Beneš | Story |
| Sound | Miloš Vacek | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Pavel Kopta | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jaroslava Koudelová | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Karel Kachyňa | Screenstory |
| Directing | Stanislav Černý | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Miloslav Koubek | Makeup & Hair |
| Art | Rudolf Beneš | Set Decoration |
| Production | Josef Beran | Production Manager |
| Camera | Josef Illík | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Rudolf Jokl | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Jiří Lenoch | Sound |
| Writing | Jiří Beneš | Screenplay |
| Writing | Karel Kachyňa | Screenplay |
| Writing | František A. Dvořák | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Růžena Plašilová | Makeup & Hair |
| Camera | Vojtěch Kuthan | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Jan Chaloupek | Editor |
| Directing | Karel Kachyňa | Director |
| Art | Karel Černý | Production Design |
| Production | Václav Dobeš | Unit Production Manager |