Those Born in 1921
Country
Czechoslovakia, German Democratic RepublicCopyright
1957Production year
1957Premiere
21 February 1958Runtime
95 minDirector
Václav GajerCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Ročník 21Czech title
Ročník 21English title
Those Born in 1921Co-production title
Jahrgang 21Synopsis
A working group of displaced young Czech men sent to the German Reich is clearing away the debris left after a night-time air-raid. One of them, Honzík, saves a German child from the ruins of a wrecked home and is badly hurt. He is taken to a hospital where he becomes close with the young German nurse Käthe. The girl is punished for her relationship with a member of an "inferior" nation and sent to Dresden. Honzík returns to his friends who welcome him with joy. No one suspects that they have a traitor among them. The Germans caught Olin trading on the black market and he became their informer to escape punishment. In the spring of 1945 the group is transferred to Dresden. Honzík meets with his beloved Käthe there and the young men are planning to escape home. Honzík decides to stay in the town with Käthe. Käthe finds civilian clothes for them but Olin informs on their plan. Following his instructions the Gestapo arrest some of the boys. Karel, who has a wife and a young child waiting for him at home, is shot dead and only a few of them manage to get onto the moving train. And Honzík can only helplessly observe as the Gestapo takes his Käthe away.
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Cast
Eva Kotthaus
zdravotní sestra Käthe
Luděk Munzar
Honzík
Jiří Sovák
Kovanda
Svatopluk Matyáš
Karel
Josef Vinklář
Olin
Eduard Cupák
Pepouš
Stanislav Fišer
Mirek
Václav Tomšovský
Lojzek
Raimund Schelcher
voják Weiss
Rudolf Ulrich
desátník Hill
Hans W. Hamacher
voják Bent
Erich Brauer
voják Müller
Herbert Körbs
kapitán
Irene Korb
průvodčí
Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
Max Krapke
Lotte Loebinger
udavačka Schmidtová
Johannes Arpe
primář nemocnice
Marga Legal
vrchní sestra
František Velebný
Pepoušův otec
Eva Foustková
Kovandová
Magda Kopřivová
Lojzkova matka
Ladislav Navrátil
úředník Arbeitsamtu
Jiří Němeček
raněný Francouz
Waldemar Baeger
úředník gestapa
Harry Ehrlich
úředník gestapa
William Gade
posluha na nádraží
Fred Graeve
námořník
Alice Jander
pradlena
Siegfried Göhler
kapitán
Horst Mehring
úředník gestapa
Hans Pitra
lékař asistent
Ursula Röschmann
žena
Gerda Schaefer
cizí žena
Hilmar Thate
námořník
Fritz Bogdon
gestapák
Gisela Fritsch
ošetřovatelka Lilo
Max Gerhardt
flašinetář
Gieselheid Hönsch
ošetřovatelka Renate
Margarete Kaessbaum-Hess
žena
Renate Meyer
zdravotní sestra
Reinhold Mühle
úředník gestapa
Ulla Reuter
mladá matka
Günter Selke
námořník
Gerhard Scholz
úředník gestapa
Gerry Wolff
řečník
Jaruška Linhartová
ovázané dítě v nemocnici
Milan Linhart
dítě na nosítkách v nemocnici
Commentary
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Jaroslava Koudelová, René Mattes, Wanda Fritsch
Based on
Karel Ptáčník (Ročník jedenadvacet – román)
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Vladimír Malík, Günter Haubold
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Jiří Rulík, Fritz Stemmer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Special Effects
Ernst Kunstmann, Trikový ateliér FSB
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Václav Rouha, Fritz Brix
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)
Songs
Horo, horo, vysoká jsi
Vojáci jdou
Nemelem', nemelem'
Production info
Original Title
Ročník 21
Czech Title
Ročník 21
English Title
Those Born in 1921
Co-production Title
Jahrgang 21
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic
Copyright
1957
Production Year
1957
Production specifications
projection approval 28 December 1957
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1972
Premiere
premiere 21 February 1958 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Blaník /4 týdny/, Kyjev /1 týden/, Arbes /1 týden od 28. 2./, Vzlet /1 týden od 7. 3./, Květen /1 týden od 14. 3./ a Veletrhy /1 týden od 21. 3./, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Šmída – Kunc, František Břetislav Kunc (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Bohumil Šmída (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
95 min
Original length in metres
2 716 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech, German
Subtitles languages
Czech
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
