The female worker Karla Tolarová arrives in the small South Bohemian village of Běšice at the start of her temporary voluntary work. She is staying with the chairman of the cooperative Drátek whose over-sensitive pregnant wife keeps making jealous scenes. Karla soon notices a gloomy atmosphere in the village. Sláma, once the wealthiest farmer in the village, deliberately spreads rumours of approaching war and most of the inhabitants are struck with fear. Sláma is helped in his subversive activities by Jouza Lešťák who wants to marry Sláma's sister and get his hands on her property; in doing so he does not worry about endangering the life of his invalid wife Fanynka. Karla is a sincere woman and, even though she often has to face the mistrust of the inhabitants, she gradually influences life in the village. The cooperative farmers, vainly waiting for the mechanization of the tractor station, start harvesting the over-ripe corn with scythes themselves. Drátek also pulls himself together after losing authority in the village as a result of arguments with his wife. After talking with Karla, Růžena Drátková learns to support her husband. In an open dispute between Sláma and Tolarová the villagers side unanimously with the Karla and the farmer thus loses his influence.
brigádnice Karla Tolarová
předseda JZD Josef Drátek
Růžena, Drátkova žena
krmička Fanynka Lešťáková
Jouza Lešťák, Fanynčin muž
Antonín Vávra, družstevník a předseda KSČ
Marie, Vávrova žena
Jiřina, dcera Vávrových
sedlák Josef Sláma
Anna, Slámova sestra
družstevník František Krompík
Běta, Krompíkova žena
Jarda, syn Krompíkových
Janička, dcera Drátkových
Jiřinina kamarádka Vlasta
Jiřinina kamarádka
montér STS
družstevník
družstevník, člen výboru
klepna
traktorista
hostinský
venkovské děvče
družstevnice
venkovské děvče
FISYO (Music Conducted by Milivoj Uzelac)
Singer sbor
Singer sbor
Singer sbor
Po noci den
Po noci den
Day Comes After Night
Horké dny
film
featuretheatrical distribution
drama
Czechoslovakia
1955
1955
start of filming 21 April 1955
projection approval 23 December 1955
withdrawal from distribution 1 April 1966
premiere 2 March 1956 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Lucerna /3 týdny/, Dukla /½ týdne od 9. 3./ a Svornost /1 týden od 16. 3./, Praha)
feature film
85 min
2 408 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,37
black & white
sound
mono
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech