Hetman Charvát comes to the demesne of Josefov bearing with him the decree of Josef II for the abolition of statutory labour. Karmín, the director of the demesne, does not want to divulge this news to the peasants and he agrees with the hetman on its temporary suppression. The soldiers, however, leak the contents of the decree. The secret Protestant Dvořák provokes the peasants to protest. He asks village magistrate Jan Výrava, whose son Jeroným is in the service of the lordship, to conduct the proceedings with her. The nobility, however, has the peasants fired upon. The peasants retreat and start to organize an uprising. In the castle they prepare their defence. Even Jeroným Výrava, who is in love with Countess Sylvie, is posted as a sentry. Jeroným has pledged to protect her and remains despite his promise to his father that he would come to support the peasants. The elder Výrava waits in vain for his son. In desperation he returns to the fortress and shoots his son. Later he gives the peasants the command to attack. At the moment when the emperor's reinforcements are arriving Karmín is also shot dead. Jeroným, who has only been wounded by his father, is eventually killed as well. The peasants are overpowered and several sentenced to a public punishment of 100 lashes. The proud Jan Výrava has a stroke and dies before being disgraced by the punishment. The other peasants are set free; the era of statutory labour has come to an end.
sedlák Jan Výrava
Jeroným, Výravův syn
Václav, Výravův syn
Kyral
Bětuška, Kyralova dcera
helvita Dvořák, emigrant
hrabě Roveredo
komtesa Sylvie
komtesa Kristina
ředitel panství Karmín
setník Charvát
vojín Maršálek
bláznivý Martínek
revoltující sedlák
vesničanka
vesničanka
vesničanka
vesničanka
rychtář Matouš
voják
komorník
dráb-hlasatel
šlechtický násilník
dirigent
šlechtic
šlechtický pověřenec
sedlák
sedlák
sedlák
žena rychtáře Matouše
Walter Schorsch, Antonín Kubový, Otakar Růžička (adept režie)
František Adolf Šubert (Jan Výrava – divadelní hra)
Antonín Frič (fotograf)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Ukolébavka)
Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Otakar Pařík)
Song Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Singer Slávka Procházková
Song Composer E. F. Burian
Writer of Lyrics E. F. Burian
Singer Pěvecký sbor Radiojournalu
Jan Výrava
Jan Výrava
Jan Výrava
film
featuretheatrical distribution
drama
Czechoslovakia
1937
1937
start of filming 16 August 1937
end of filming 12 September 1937
date of censorship 11/1937 (kulturně-výchovný)
withdrawal from distribution 09/1939
date of censorship 09/1939 (neschváleno do distribuce)
date of censorship 13 September 1945 (konec povolení k promítání 13. 9. 1946)
withdrawal from distribution 09/1946
date of censorship 1948 (neschváleno do distribuce)
withdrawal from distribution 23 December 1948
premiere 28 January 1938 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Praha /1 týden/ a Světozor /1 týden/, Praha)
renewed premiere 21 September 1945 /suitable for youths/
Projektor (původní 1938), Státní půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1945)
feature film
81 min
2 310 meters
35mm
1:1,37
black & white
sound
Tobis – Klang
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech
Event: Státní záruky Československé vlády na výrobu filmů
1937
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Projektor