Rudá záře nad Kladnem 1956 Directed by Vladimír Vlček

The year is 1918. Toník returns home from the front. In Kladno, where he arrives, things are seething with discontent. The Social Democrats are in government, but nothing has changed. Socialization has not been implemented, there is hunger and food is still being skimped on. The first news about a socialist state arrives from Russia. On May 1st, the workers' Kladno manifests its loyalty to the ideals of the Great October Socialist Revolution. In December 1920, a general strike is declared in Kladno as well. The workers arm themselves, workers' councils take over the administration of the city and are also established in the surrounding villages. An armed uprising is being prepared. However, the right-wing leadership of the Social Democratic Party attacks the workers in the back. The army is sent to Kladno...

Production Country Czechoslovakia
Language Czech
Spoken Language Czech
Gneres Drama , History
Production Company Studio uměleckého filmu Praha
Release Date 24 February 1956
90 mins
Cast
Josef Bek Toník
Vlasta Chramostová Marka, Toník's wife
Marie Ježková Vanek's wife
Vlasta Fabianová widow Rézina
Vilém Besser worker Václav
Jarmila Kurandová widow Minarikova
Rudolf Deyl Vrázek
Vladimír Leraus František Soukup
Felix le Breux editor Antonín Němec
Vladimír Řepa minister Karel Prášek
Martin Růžek district governor Rozsypal
František Vnouček Prime minister Vlastimil Tusar
Václav Kyzlink Bohumír Šmeral
Věra Kleinhamplová Maňka, daughter of Tonik and Marka
Renata Borová Maňka, daughter of Tonik and Marka
Karel Pavlík policeman
Josef Bláha agricultural worker
Emil Bolek chairman of the communist meeting
František Holar farm employee
Jan S. Kolár director of large estates
Bohumil Křížek messenger from Prague
Hynek Němec agricultural worker
Jiří Němeček commander of soldiers
Miloš Willig railwayman
Libuše Zemková Kladno's woman