DS-70 Does Not Move Off
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1949Production year
1948—1950Premiere
9 November 1951Runtime
73 minCategory
filmGenre
drama, socialist-realismTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
DS-70 nevyjíždíCzech title
DS-70 nevyjíždíEnglish title
DS-70 Does Not Move OffSynopsis
The reconstruction of the liberated country after the Second World War demands sufficient supplies of coal. To increase the extraction, the mine in Most wants to run test work for a gigantic excavator, which is supposed to substitute the work of four thousand men. During the test before a committee the generator burns out and the extraction is threatened. The investigation shows that the damage was caused by sabotage. Engineer Marek, with his colleagues Gabriel and Vacek, start the repair work which demands a great effort on their part. Marek's marriage suffers greatly because of his work. His wife Olga stays alone in Prague. The building of new homes, intended mainly for the families of the miners, who had to leave their present homes, but in which Marek's family is also going to live one day, is not proceeding as planned. Lonely Olga decides to go and join her husband. After an initial misunderstanding, she stays and helps him with the time-consuming work. Finally, the saboteurs, who tried again to destroy the already repaired excavator, are picked up and the machine can start working.
Note
The last film of the director Vladimír Slavínský was premiered two years after his death, in 1951. The director worked on the film in the autumn of 1948 and in the year 1949. After his death, his project was taken over by his colleague Martin Frič and completed with a slightly changed staff in the year 1950. In the magazine Kino (December 20, 1950, nr. 26, vol. VI., p. 626–627) Jan Žalman mentions, that death prevented the director from finishing the film and, to fill up the biggest gaps, several small scenes have been added to it.
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Cast
Rudolf Deyl ml.
mechanik Gabriel zvaný Gába
L. H. Struna
šéfmechanik Vacek
Robert Vrchota
elektrotechnik Kavan
Rudolf Široký
Ing. Prokop Marek
Vlasta Fabianová
Olga, Markova žena
Vlasta Fialová
sekretářka Zdenka Krystínová
Felix le Breux
Ing. Denkr
J. O. Martin
horník Vohryzek
Alena Kreuzmannová
Anička, Vohryzkova dcera
František Holar
horník Baltýnek
Gustav Nezval
redaktor dr. Vítek
František Klika
stavitel architekt. Bohumil Vnuk
František Hanus
architekt stavebního družstva
Zdeňka Balounová
návštěvnice u Olgy
Milada Davidová
Mařenka, Olžina přítelkyně
Alois Dvorský
hlídač na stavbě
Jindra Hermanová
hornická žena
Emanuel Hříbal
hlídač
Ladislav Janeček
redaktor Holeček
Ferdinand Jarkovský
muž v předsednictvu schůze
Antonín Jirsa
horník
Jan S. Kolár
člen komise
Josef Maršálek
záškodník Dymeš
Jaroslav Orlický
záškodník Müller
František Marek
člen komise
Bolek Prchal
dílovedoucí Anton
Blažena Slavíčková
Baltýnkova žena
Ladislav Sedláček
redaktor na dole
Jan W. Speerger
horník
Josef Steigl
horník
Zdeněk Šavrda
host u Olgy
Jaroslav Vojta
horník
Pavel Spálený
člen komise
Miloš Hájek
montér
Hugo Zoubek
muž na schůzi
Karel Svoboda
lékař
Hynek Němec
záškodník Braun
Roman Hemala
horník
Miroslav Polach
Crew and creators
Director
Vladimír Slavínský, Martin Frič (dokončení 1950)
Continuity
Based on
Vojtěch Cach (DS-70 nevyjíždí – divadelní hra)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Jan Roth, Václav Hanuš (dokončení 1950)
Production Designer
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Bohumil Šmída, Ladislav Terš (dokončení 1950), Eduard Šimáček (vedoucí výrobního štábu; dokončení 1950)
Unit Production Manager
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Milivoj Uzelac)
Production info
Original Title
DS-70 nevyjíždí
Czech Title
DS-70 nevyjíždí
English Title
DS-70 Does Not Move Off
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama, socialist-realism
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1949
Production Year
1948—1950
Production specifications
the first film copy approved 09/1950
date of censorship 18 July 1951 (konec povolení k promítání 18. 7. 1956)
withdrawal from distribution 29 March 1961
Premiere
premiere 9 November 1951 /suitable for youths/ (kina Blaník /2 týdny/ a Lucerna /3 týdny/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
I. výrobní skupina Borský – Sinnreich (výroba 1948), Vladimír Borský (umělecký šéf I. výrobní skupiny), Jan Sinnreich (produkční šéf I. výrobní skupiny), V. tvůrčí kolektiv Miroslava Galušky (výroba 1949), Miroslav Galuška (vedoucí V. tvůrčího kolektivu)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
73 min
Original length in metres
2 067 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 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
