Daniel
Category
filmGenre
children, lyricalTypology
featuretheatrical distributionshortOriginal title
DanielCzech title
DanielEnglish title
DanielWorking title
Chlapec a věžSynopsis
The mother of ten-year old Daniel has died. The boy, who is half-gypsy on his father's side, remains with his grandfather, the village blacksmith. Most of the children do not mind his dark skin but Olda writes him off as a dirty gypsy. Daniel runs away from his miseries to a hill with the look-out tower. Here, he observes the countryside and watches a deer grazing. Jarka wants to help him with his homework but the two of them fall out with each other flying kites; again, their quarrel is Olda's fault. On the way from the bus that takes the children to school, Daniel has a fight with the taller and stronger Olda. He cannot bear to see how Olda torments a frog. When his grandfather asks him why he has a mark on his face, Daniel does not betray Olda. Daniel longs to have a kite and his grandfather makes him a better one than any other child in the village. The kite also draws Olda to the hill. He borrows the kite from Daniel and breaks it running down the hill. The entire party turn their backs on him because of this. The children and the grandfather fix the kite and even let Olda join them. He apologizes to Daniel and the two boys become friends.
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Cast
L. H. Struna
kovář František Horák
Vojtěch Bihari
chlapec Daniel, kovářův vnuk
Jarmila Rázlová
dívka Jarka, Danielova kamarádka
Alois Hrušecký
chlapec Olda
Ivan Hudecký
chlapec Jirka
Oliver Burian
chlapec
Ivan Pavelka
chlapec
Zuzana Stiborová
holčička
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Vladislav Machala
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Oldřich Řičánek
Set Designer
Film Editor
Sound Designer
František Strangmüller, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Rudolf Polák
Cooperation
Jiří Liška (vrchní osvětlovač)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Milivoj Uzelac)
Production info
Original Title
Daniel
Czech Title
Daniel
English Title
Daniel
Working Title
Chlapec a věž
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
children, lyrical
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1961
Production Year
1961
Production specifications
projection approval 28 November 1961
Premiere
premiere 9 March 1962 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 9 March 1962 /suitable for youths/ (kina Belvedere /1 týden/, Dalibor /1 týden od 23. 3./ a Mladých /1 týden od 30. 3./, Praha)
Distribution slogan
no caption
Production
Copyright Holders
Laboratories
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
27 min
Original length in metres
756 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
