Lucie
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1963Production year
1963Premiere
10 January 1964Runtime
89 minDirector
Karel SteklýCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
LucieCzech title
LucieEnglish title
LucieWorking title
Lucinka / Raport o včerejší bitvěSynopsis
A group of miners from the Lucie Mine led by Vilém Grochol has achieved another of its record results and a gala welcome awaits them as they return to the surface. Nonetheless, the mine itself is in a difficult situation. There is less and less coal and the production plan cannot be fulfilled. The party personnel officer Panáček suggests Grochol as the new director of the Lucia Mine. The 1950s are a time when every effort is made to promote the so-called blue-collar workforce to managing positions, and Panáček has his way. Grochol is used to working manually and is flustered by his new position. To improve work morale he separates the colleagues from his group and promotes them into leaders of individual work teams of miners and volunteers. The mining moves to the most productive layer called Hermit. People's salaries rise again. But then the old layer of coal gets extracted above the face and the roof slides and caves in. The miners know they won't be making as much money now and some of them refuse to go down the pit. Grochol sends his son Ríša on the subsequent shift but the inexperienced boy dies when he fails to steer a mining truck properly. Shocked and held responsible for the fall in production, Grochol is sent on health leave. Panáček tries to blame the entire situation on sabotage but the other managers know that Grochol is a hard-working and decent man and they support his return to his position.
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Cast
Josef Větrovec
ředitel Vilém Grochol
Karel Höger
kádrový referent Panáček
Vladimír Šmeral
závodní inženýr Číhal
Ladislav Boháč
stranický tajemník Hurtík
Míla Myslíková
průvodčí Žofka, Grocholova žena
Josef Bek
ředitel trustu Koval
Jaroslav Moučka
brigádník Francek Hudla
Josef Kemr
předseda závodního výboru Josef Pastor
Miroslav Nohýnek
Ríša, Grocholův syn
Marcela Hynčicová
kantýnská Věra, Ríšova přítelkyně
Július Vašek
horník Bojko
Radoslav Brzobohatý
horník Twardek
Josef Mixa
horník Šlachta
Karel Vochoč
úředník Filipec
Josef Haukvic
horník Nězgoda
Tibor Kišš
horník Štefan
Waldemar Matuška
brigádník Tričko
Oldřich Velen
brigádník Hanák
Jaroslav Cmíral
brigádník Souček
Oleg Reif
brigádník Cukrář
Vladimír Hlavatý
správce ubytovny
Jiří Lír
brigádník Počtář
Zdeněk Kutil
brigádník
Zdeněk Braunschläger
mladý brigádník
František Holar
štajgr Grasshammer
Václav Kaňkovský
vozač Pilát
Věra Bublíková
sekretářka
Bohuslav Čáp
horník Sopuch
Miroslav Olejníček
tlustý brigádník
Vítězslav Černý
hostinský
Vladimír Huber
šatnář na dole
Jiří Čeporan
havíř
Bohuslav Čvančara
brigádník
Jeroným Horák
mladý dělník
Vladimír Klazar
brigádník s brýlemi
Přemysl Matoušek
brigádník
Anna Kratochvílová
žena v montérkách
Miroslav Levý
inženýr
Miloslav Šindler
havíř
Alois Müller
brigádník s velkou hlavou
Stanislav Wandas
starší dělník
Růžena Vlčková
Kiššová
zaměstnanci závodu Ostravskokarvinského revíru dolů Pionýr I. a III. Orlová
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Helena Rohanová
Assistant Director
Marie Křížová, Věra Manglová
Based on
Ivan Kubíček (Lucinka – novela)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Přemysl Černý, Ivo Černý, Vladimír Mácha
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Josef Mathauser, Adolf Široký
Unit Production Manager
Consultant
inž. Zdeněk Dombrovský, Stanislav Procházka (2)
Cooperation
Ladislava Boudová (klapka), Miroslav Pešan (fotograf), Národní technické muzeum v Praze
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)
Songs
Táborák
Song Composer Bedřich Nikodém
Writer of Lyrics Bedřich Nikodém
Singer Waldemar Matuška
Budujeme /Teď, když máme, co jsme chtěli/
Song Composer Václav Dobiáš
Writer of Lyrics František Halas
Singer sbor
Kupředu, zpátky ni krok
Song Composer Jan Seidel
Writer of Lyrics Bedřich Bobek
Singer sbor
Ej, zapískal Jánošík
Singer mužský hlas
Život je jen náhoda
Song Composer Jaroslav Ježek
Writer of Lyrics Jan WerichJiří Voskovec
Singer Waldemar Matuška
Santa Lucia /parafráze Tahle Lucie/
Production info
Original Title
Lucie
Czech Title
Lucie
English Title
Lucie
Working Title
Lucinka / Raport o včerejší bitvě
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1963
Production Year
1963
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 12 June 1962
technical Screenplay approved 18 January 1963
start of filming 12 February 1963
end of filming 3 July 1963
projection approval 2 September 1963
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1972
Premiere
gala premiere 27 September 1963 (kino Sevastopol, Praha)
premiere 10 January 1964 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 31 January 1964 /suitable for youths/ (kino Paříž /1 týden/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Šebor – Bor, Vladimír Bor (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Jiří Šebor (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
89 min
Original length in metres
2 522 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
