Number Seventy-Two
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1948Production year
1948Premiere
9 October 1953Runtime
73 minDirector
Jiří SlavíčekCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
DvaasedmdesátkaCzech title
DvaasedmdesátkaEnglish title
Number Seventy-TwoSynopsis
Marta Kulišová is wrongly convicted of murdering her husband and sent to prison for ten years. In the court process, she doesn't reveal the real murderer, who she knows and to whom she is bound by an uncertain feeling and belief that he killed her husband out of love for her. In the first year of her imprisonment, she writes a theatre play, in which she describes her case - marriage with a ruthless cheater, quarrels with him and with his mistress, getting acquainted with another man who prevented her suicidal thoughts. After nine years, the director of the prison decides to show Marta's play before the prisoners and the jury who condemned Marta years ago. He considers the play to be a psychological experiment, which could help bring a final light on this case. The experiment is successful, the real murderer gives himself up. But the renewal of the trial doesn't take place. Marta realizes that she would put the blame on the man she has been thinking about for nine long years. She takes the blame for the murder onto herself and believes that, after her sentence is finished, her freedom will not be inconsolable loneliness.
Note
The film was screened in the cinema of Young (kino Mladých) on 30 November 1948 to the cultural officers of the ROH. After sharp protests from this working-class audience and a press campaign against the release of the film, further exploitation was banned by order of the Minister of Information Václav Kopecký. The film did not premiere in cinemas until five years later in October 1953.
Photos
Cast
Dana Medřická
vězeňkyně Marta Kulišová/herečka Dana Medřická
Vladimír Šmeral
vězeň Melichar/cirkusák Trojan
Eduard Dubský
Karel Kuliš, Martin muž
Vladimír Řepa
karbaník Mašek/herec Vladimír Řepa
Vítězslav Boček
karbaník Kníže/herec Vítězslav Boček
Marie Burešová
Julča Ramešová/herečka Marie Burešová
Vladimír Hlavatý
inženýr Budecius, bývalý poručík
Rudolf Deyl ml.
vyšetřující soudce
Rudolf Deyl st.
režisér Rudolf Deyl
Bedřich Vrbský
ředitel věznice
Antonín Kandert
JUDr. Tereba
Helena Friedlová
porotkyně
J. O. Martin
porotce
Jan S. Kolár
porotce
Emil Bolek
porotce
František Kulhánek
porotce
Karel Kastner
inspicient
Jiří Těšík
mladík hrající karty
Miloš Hájek
obhájce
Radovan Lukavský
strážník
Josef Steigl
strážník
Miroslav Grác
soudní úředník
Libuše Freslová
dozorkyně
Emil Dlesk
dozorce
František Marek
dozorce vrchní strážmistr Sláma
Jan W. Speerger
dozorce strážmistr Hájek
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Continuity
Based on
František Langer (Dvaasedmdesátka – divadelní hra)
Screenplay
Miroslav Rutte, Karel Smrž, Vladimír Šmeral (spolupráce na scénáři)
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Consultant
Dr. Karel Šubrt
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Otakar Pařík), Český pěvecký sbor (Music Conducted by Jan Kühn), Ivan Kawaciuk /housle/, Jan Kaláb /klavír/
Singer
Gita Schmidtová (sóla), Pavel Kurtz (sóla)
Production info
Original Title
Dvaasedmdesátka
Czech Title
Dvaasedmdesátka
English Title
Number Seventy-Two
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1948
Production Year
1948
Production specifications
start of filming 15 January 1948
date of censorship 09/1948 (konec povolení k promítání září 1953)
date of censorship 23 March 1949 (neschváleno do distribuce)
withdrawal from distribution 4 May 1960
Premiere
preview 30 November 1948 (kino Mladých, Praha)
premiere 9 October 1953 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Kotva /3 týdny/, Veletrhy /1 týden od 16. 10./, Arbes /1 týden od 13. 11./, Revoluce /1 týden od 20. 11./ a Aero /1 týden od 27. 11./, Praha)
Production
Československá filmová společnost, Československý státní film (dokončení)
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
II. výrobní skupina Čáp – Procházka, František Čáp (umělecký šéf II. výrobní skupiny), Antonín Procházka (produkční šéf II. výrobní skupiny), III. výrobní skupina Frič – Reimann (dokončení), Martin Frič (umělecký šéf III. výrobní skupiny), Zdeněk Reimann (produkční šéf III. výrobní skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
73 min
Original length in metres
2 150 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
Awards
Vítěz
Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů
1948
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Jiří Slavíček
Vítěz
Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů
1948
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Ferdinand Pečenka
Vítěz
Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů
1948
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Vladimír Šmeral
Vítěz
Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů
1948
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Dana Medřická
