Dawning

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1933

Production year

1933

Premiere

1 September 1933

Runtime

84 min

Category

film

Genre

drama, social

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Svítání

Czech title

Svítání

English title

Dawning

Synopsis

Mr Kučera, a labourer, has a contented family. Anežka, his daughter, is a dressmaker who is engaged to a technical designer called Adolf. His son Váša is training to be an engine driver. Grandfather, a former miner, also lives in the family. An economic crisis is looming. Factories stop production. Adolf loses his job and Anežka who does not realise why he is anxious argues with him. When Adolf goes home on his motorcycle that evening he crashes. His eyesight gradually worsens as a result of his injuries but he does not have the money for an operation. While walking the streets, weak with hunger and poor-sighted, he treads accidentally on an elegant lady's foot; she is accompanied by a gentleman. He apologises but the lady treats him with great disrespect. Kučera and his son Váša also lose their jobs, and grandfather falls seriously ill. Anežka, fraught with concern about Adolf, goes to Prague to find him, but almost fails to recognise the wreck of a man he has become. She tells him she loves him and thus revives in him the will to live. When Adolf applies for work before their wedding, the man who had accompanied the ungracious lady, an architect by profession, recognises him and decides to help him. He pays for the operation and employs Adolf as a draughtsman. The situation gets better, the factory wheels start to turn again. Work has restored people's hope in a contented life.

Cast

J. O. Martin

Jan Kučera

Ella Nollová

Fanynka, Kučerova žena

Jožka Koldovská

Anežka, dcera Kučerových

Oldřich Ježek

Váša, syn Kučerových

Vladimír Borský

kreslič Adolf Souček

Betty Kysilková

Škábová, Součkova bytná

M. Krajíčková

stavitelova milenka

Antonín Frič

kreslič v projekční kanceláři

František Malý

kreslič v projekční kanceláři

Elsa Vetešníková

švadlena Máňa

Robert Ford

ředitel železářského syndikátu

Jiří Koldovský

ředitel oceláren

Jaroslav Marvan

člen správní rady oceláren

Václav Richter (2)

člen správní rady oceláren

Ada Karlovský

člen správní rady oceláren

Ferry Seidl

automobilista

Karasová

švadlena

Antonín Holzinger

jedlík v restauraci

Recitační sbor Dělnické akademie

recitační sbor Recidak

Josef Trojan

sbormistr recitační sboru Recidak

Crew and creators

Director of Photography

Jan Stallich

Production Designer

Štěpán Kopecký

Set Designer

Jan Petera

Film Editor

Antonín Zelenka

Sound Designer

Josef Zora, Jaroslav Mottl

Production Manager

Rudolf Průša

Cooperation

Antonín Frič (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

E. F. Burian

Songs

Tak sám si divně připadám

Song Composer E. F. Burian
Writer of Lyrics E. F. Burian
Singer E. F. Burian

Production info

Original Title

Svítání

Czech Title

Svítání

English Title

Dawning

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

drama, social

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1933

Production Year

1933

Production specifications

date of censorship 08/1933
date of censorship 12/1938 (konec povolení k promítání 1943)
date of censorship 06/1945 (neschváleno do distribuce)
projection approval 15 November 1957
withdrawal from distribution 31 July 1976

Premiere

premiere 1 September 1933 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Fénix /3 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 21 February 1958 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Jalta, Praha)

Production

Nationalfilm

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Nationalfilm (původní 1933), Ústřední půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1958)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

84 min

Original length in metres

2 400 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,19

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Tobis – Klang

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech