The Badge

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1949

Production year

1949

Runtime

18 min

Category

film

Genre

agitprop, socialist-realism

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Odznak

Czech title

Odznak

English title

The Badge

Synopsis

Two milling operators work together in a factory workshop. The older one comes to work half an hour earlier and works very hard. The younger one fools around at work. The older operator reminds him that they have a very demanding plan to fulfil. He has a feeling that the younger worker is indolent so he takes away his Party badge during a quarrel. The young man is really taken aback by the event and is thinking everything over at home. He then sits all night over a project for a new drill. In the workshop, he tries his invention out and proudly demonstrates it to the older colleague. Now they will be able to fulfil the plan. The old milling operator gives him back his badge with a smile.

Note

The film was made to honour the 9th Czechoslovak Communist Party Congress.

Cast

J. O. Martin

starý dělník

Jaroslav Mareš

mladý dělník

Crew and creators

Assistant Director

Oldřich Holíček

Screenplay

Ada Rys-Kavan

Director of Photography

Jiří Bronec

Film Editor

Marie Hladká

Sound Designer

Jaroslav Šlingr

Production Manager

Lubor Měchura

Music

Music Composed by

Karel Reiner

Music Performed by

FISYO (Music Conducted by Milivoj Uzelac)

Songs

Ve jménu pokroku

Singer ženský sbor

Production info

Original Title

Odznak

Czech Title

Odznak

English Title

The Badge

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

agitprop, socialist-realism

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1949

Production Year

1949

Production specifications

date of censorship 21 May 1949 (konec povolení k promítání 21. 5. 1954)

Premiere

premiere 12/1949 /suitable for youths/

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

18 min

Original length in metres

510 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