Jean is running away from the police. At one of Paris's railway stations he finds himself among sportsmen who are going to Prague for a boating competition. The water sports men take him to be the new masseur; only trainer Benoit realizes that this is not true. However, he tacitly agrees to take Jean with them. Jean catches sight of a beautiful girl during the competition. It's the student Eva. She is a translator and fiancée of one of the Czech competitors Karel. Jean falls in love with Eva and Eva also has romantic feelings towards him. Their relationship grows deeper during the camping holiday in Slovakia, to which the Czech water sportsmen invite their French colleagues. Benoit is upset by this growing love. He tries to speak to Jean about it but gets no result. Just before their departure, Jean realizes that he is a fugitive criminal and has no right to interfere with Eva's life. On their last date, he is purposely cynical and refuses Eva's love. Eva gets into a boat that is seized by a strong current. Karel saves her from the dangerous situation. The French men are returning home. Jean hands over a package to Benoit and jumps out of the train. The package contains the valuable French painting that he has stolen.
The first Czech wide-screen feature film in colour.
Voice by Eva Klepáčová
Eva
Jean-Paul Viberty alias Jean Rungis
Karel, Evin snoubenec
trenér Benoit
František
vodák Lapin
vodák Riri
Míla
vodák Georges
Jiřina
vodák Alex
babička
děvče
kontrolor pasů
Miloš
houslista
Henri Aisner, Marie Epstein
Miroslav Kubišta, Eva Mičulková, Simonne Péche, Pavel Horák, Jordan Balurov
Jiří Šafář, Raymond Picon-Borel
Raymond Menvielle, Jan Kváča
Bohumil Pokorný, Zbyněk Hloch, Jacques Saulnier
Lída Novotná, Monique Plotin /ž/
Emil Poledník, Louis Hochet
Petr Čapek, Přemek Longa
Ján Olejník (národopis)
Antonín Růžička (vrchní osvětlovač), Josef Janoušek (fotograf)
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)
Song Composer Ludvík Podéšť
Writer of Lyrics Karel Šiktanc
Singer Milan Směták
Song Composer Ludvík Podéšť
Writer of Lyrics Josef Kainar
Song Composer Ludvík Podéšť
Writer of Lyrics Vlastimil Pantůček
Singer Rudolf Pellar
Song Composer Ludvík Podéšť
Writer of Lyrics Vlastimil Pantůček
V proudech
V proudech
Twisting Currents
La Liberté surveillée
film
featuretheatrical distribution
drama, sport
Czechoslovakia, France
1957
1957
start of filming 28 July 1957
end of filming 5 October 1957
projection approval 7 January 1958
withdrawal from distribution 30 November 1966
premiere 16 May 1958 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Alfa /7 týdnů/, Praha)
Tvůrčí skupina Šebor – Kratochvíl, Miloš V. Kratochvíl (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Jiří Šebor (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
feature film
98 min
2 795 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,66, 1:2,35
colour
sound
mono
Czech
Czech, French
Czech
Czech