Summaries

Four short stories about the life of post-war Prague in May 1945. The general, meeting a little boy in a random Czech house, remembers the family who died in the blockade. A sapper needs chalk, for which he comes to a local school, where he falls in love with a teacher. A Prague resident who has returned from Auschwitz discovers that his apartment has been occupied by a Sudeten German who is shooting at passers-by, and Soviet tankers have to intervene in the situation. A Soviet sergeant, sitting on a city tram, remembers his profession and asks to give him the place of a counselor.

Details

Genres
  • War
Release date May 7, 1959
Countries of origin Soviet Union Czechoslovakia
Language Russian Czech
Production companies Kinostudiya imeni M. Gorkogo Filmové studio Barrandov

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 35m
Color Black and White
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

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