The Pioneer

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1951

Production year

1951

Runtime

23 min

Category

film

Genre

educational

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Pionýr

Czech title

Pionýr

English title

The Pioneer

Working title

Pionýr Jirka

Synopsis

Fifth-grader Jirka Záruba is unruly, he does not do his homework properly and, because of him, his class loses the competition to collect the most waste paper. The children are angry with him. The teacher, however, advises them as pioneers to take their fellow pupil under their wing. Jirka is made aware of his mistakes, particularly when his mother falls ill and he realizes how much work she has with both him and his brothers and sisters. He covers his books, helps his mother with the housework and is eager to study with his classmates. He finally becomes an exemplary pioneer.

Cast

Oldřich Lukeš

traktorista Mareček

Zlatko Formánek

Renáta Kurfürstová

Pavel Kurfürst

Commentary

Crew and creators

Director of Photography

Bedřich Jurda

Film Editor

Vlasta Plotěná

Production Manager

Milan Hachla

Music

Music Composed by

archivní

Music Selected by

Jan Novák

Songs

Píseň pionýrů

Singer dětský sbor

Production info

Original Title

Pionýr

Czech Title

Pionýr

English Title

The Pioneer

Working Title

Pionýr Jirka

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

educational

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1951

Production Year

1951

Production specifications

date of censorship 18 June 1952 (konec povolení k promítání 18. 6. 1957)

Premiere

premiere 1952 /suitable for youths/

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

23 min

Original length in metres

643 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