Jirka and Frantík are not part of the pioneer children's collective. They do not study enough and don't even take part in the competition to collect the most scrap and re-cycling material. After talking to their school mates both boys agree in the end to go off and look for scrap. They head for a seemingly empty villa which once belonged to the former owner of the local glassworks, Lorenz, who fled the country. When they enter the villa a ghostly mask appears before Jirka and he runs away. From that time on Frantík insists that the place is haunted. During the holidays the children are playing near the villa and their ball drops into the garden. While they are searching for their ball the children discover a secret corridor which leads to the cellar. There they encounter Lorenz who has secretly crossed the border. He is waiting for Soukup in the villa who is supposed to be providing him with plans from the glassworks for the production of reinforced glass. Lorenz threatens the children; he is armed, however, Jirka's and Frantík's brave intervention prevents anyone being killed or wounded. Meanwhile the police have entered the villa, who were alerted after it was discovered that Soukup had used force to get hold of the plans. The children are saved and Jirka and Frantík are praised for their courage. They are also finally accepted into the pioneer organization.
ředitel sklárny
sklář Alois Mikeš
předseda závodní rady Zapletal
sekretářka ředitele sklárny
babička Zapletalová
pohraničník Vrána
Vránova žena
velitel pohraniční stráže
strýček Martin, vedoucí sběrny surovin
zřízenec Soukup
Lorenz, bývalý majitel sklárny
Fikar, bývalý správce pily
učitel
svazák Rudla
dělník
vrátný Tomeš
Toník, syn Vránových
Petr
Lojzek, Mikešův syn
Jirka, Zapletalův syn
Frantík
Honzík, Frantíkův bratr
Alenka, dcera Vránových
chlapec
chlapec
chlapec
dívka
Rudolf Kováč, Marta Klikarová, Jan Batík, Viktor Karásek
Stanislav Šulc, Josef Bůžek, J. Pintner
Miroslav Bašta
P. Mrázová (fotografka)
FISYO (Music Conducted by Milivoj Uzelac)
Singer dětský sbor
Konec strašidel
Konec strašidel
The End of Ghosts
film
featuretheatrical distribution
children, adventure
Czechoslovakia
1952
1952
start of filming 7 May 1952
end of filming 4 October 1952
the first film copy approved 14 February 1953
date of censorship 25 February 1953 (konec povolení k promítání 25. 2. 1958)
withdrawal from distribution 30 June 1966
premiere 14 August 1953 /suitable for youths/ (kina Armádní /2 týdny/, Blaník /2 týdny/, Pasáž /1 týden/, Arbes /1 týden od 28. 8./, Moskva /1 týden od 28. 8./, Kyjev /1 týden od 4. 9./, Odboj /1 týden od 4. 9./, Bystrica /1 týden od 11. 9./, Kotva /1 týden od 11. 9./, Dukla /1 týden od 18. 9./, Aero /1 týden od 25. 9./, Oko /1 týden od 25. 9./ a Revoluce /1 týden od 2. 10./, Praha)
Dramaturgická skupina Vladimíra Kabelíka (vývoj scénáře), Vladimír Kabelík (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny)
feature film
76 min
2 174 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,37
black & white
sound
mono
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech