Confession
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1950Production year
1950Premiere
15 June 1951Runtime
92 minDirector
Jiří LehovecCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
PřiznáníCzech title
PřiznáníEnglish title
ConfessionSynopsis
The solitary and hard-working stoker Václav Severa works in a factory on the border. The driver who arrives bringing new equipment addresses him as Urban. The War has just ended and someone with a double identity arouses suspicion. The stoker thus has to explain himself to the factory committee. His real name is Antonín Urban. During the 1930s he worked for the railways guarding the tracks. His happiness was cut short with the tragic death of his wife and four-year-old son. He moved to another town where he found a job as a shunter. He married again but the marriage fell apart. Under the influence of the worker Šoltys, Urban began to take an interest in social issues. The factory-owner Kolátor wanted secretly to transfer his plant to Slovakia and close down the local branch. Urban warned the workers and they tried to push the cars containing the machinery back to the factory. Kolátor tried to stop them and seriously injured Urban with a rod when he was switching the points. The wealthy industrialist managed to turn the whole case against Urban in court and the latter was unjustly sentenced to ten years in prison. The War began and the occupying forces transferred him to a labour camp, forcing him to work in a lime works in Germany. At the end of the War his fellow prisoner Václav Severa was killed during an air raid. Urban, fearing he would be sent back to prison, used Severa's documents to change his identity. The committee members recognize that Urban is an honest man and welcome him back to the collective.
Photos
Cast
Oldřich Lukeš
Václav Severa, vlastním jménem Antonín Urban
Oldřich Vykypěl
dělník u Kolátora Karel Šoltys
Antonie Hegerliková
Anička, Urbanova žena
Jana Dítětová
Julča, Urbanova druhá žena
František Kreuzmann
prokurista Rezek
Jaroslav Seník
továrník Ferdinand Kolátor
František Holar
řidič Trmal
Felix le Breux
JUDr. Lorenc
Bedřich Vrbský
státní zástupce
František Vnouček
obhájce JUDr. Vlach
J. O. Martin
mistr Suchý
Karel Holek
Vondrák
Jiří Sovák
dělník
Bohumil Machník
dělník Kouša
Ella Nollová
vdova Mikotová, Julčina matka
Emil Kavan
úředník
Jitka Lešáková
zapisovatelka
Lubomír Lipský
topič Franta
Josef Příhoda
zřízenec Trčka
Josef Kozák
zedník Václav Severa
Jan S. Kolár
advokát
R. A. Strejka
přísedící
Jiří Majer
přísedící
Jiřina Sedlářová
ošetřovatelka
Věra Kalendová
hostinská
Antonín Holzinger
hostinský
Jan W. Speerger
číšník
Rudolf Deyl ml.
dělník Jareš
Radovan Lukavský
dělník, člen závodní rady
Miroslav Homola
JUDr. Nettik
Vladimír Svitáček
dělník Prokop
Věra Váchová
sekretářka
Vítězslav Boček
přednosta stanice
Rudolf Deyl st.
předseda soudu
Zdeněk Hodr
soudní zapisovatel
Zdeněk Šavrda
soudní zřízenec v uniformě
František Marek
porotce
Emil Bolek
dělník, člen závodní rady
Antonín Šůra
dělník, člen závodní rady
Karel Houska
železničář Krucký
Karel Kocourek
vrátný
Ferdinand Jarkovský
host v hospodě
Josef Chvalina
porotce
Jan Fischer
pokladník na dráze
Arna Pekárková
členka závodní rady
Magda Kopřivová
členka závodní rady
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Production Designer
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Cooperation
Jiří Weiss (režijní spolupráce), Karel Ješátko (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Otakar Pařík)
Songs
Koulelo se jablíčko
Song Composer Jaroslav Jankovec
Production info
Original Title
Přiznání
Czech Title
Přiznání
English Title
Confession
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1950
Production Year
1950
Production specifications
the first film copy approved 09/1950
date of censorship 28 March 1951 (konec povolení k promítání 28. 3. 1956)
withdrawal from distribution 11 May 1961
Premiere
premiere 15 June 1951 /suitable for youths/ (kina Sevastopol /7 týdnů/, Dukla /1 týden od 13. 7./, Odboj /1 týden od 13. 7./, Aero /1 týden od 20. 7./, Revoluce /1 týden od 20. 7./, Arbes /1 týden od 27. 7./ a Oko /1 týden od 27. 7./, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
VII. tvůrčí kolektiv Vladimíra Kabelíka, Vladimír Kabelík (vedoucí VII. tvůrčího kolektivu)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
92 min
Original length in metres
2 622 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
