School of Sinners
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1965Production year
1965Premiere
14 January 1966Runtime
87 minDirector
Jiří HanibalCategory
filmGenre
drama, psychologicalTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Škola hříšníkůCzech title
Škola hříšníkůEnglish title
School of SinnersWorking title
Orlí pera / Na shledanou, kajmaneSummary
A youth facility in Hradiště strives to re-educate young people who have gone down the wrong path. The facility’s enlightened director, Pavlata (Radoslav Brzobohatý), sees to the conditional release of Pepík Adamec (Ladislav Potměšil). But unfortunately, the boy fails to find the necessary support from his family and colleagues upon returning to normal life. Conflicts seem to be a daily routine at the furniture factory where he gets work. He also cannot tolerate the behaviour of his mother (Jaroslava Adamová), who seeks solace from the burden of looking after Pepík’s dying father – in the arms of a lover. Following an assault on a workshop foreman, Pepík must return to the institution where no-one is interested in his problems, except for its director, Pavlata… Škola hříšníků (School of Sinners), directed in 1965 by Jiří Hanibal according to a script by Drahoslav Makovička, was an attempt at criticising the prevalent morals and social climate.
Synopsis
Teenage boys who have committed minor offences are arriving at a corrective educational facility in Hradiště. By the time they leave it at eighteen they are supposed to gain personal and work habits, which they lack mainly because of their unsatisfactory family backgrounds. The young and educated director Pavlata leads his charges to discipline and order, but also rewards them for successes. Pepík Adamec's good behaviour earns him an early conditional release. Pepík's sick father shows distrust for his "criminal" son, but he obtains well paid work in a furniture factory. The boy notices the hypocrisy and callousness of the adults with distaste. After a time he is assigned to worse work without a reason and has his fist conflict with the foreman Fulín. Pepík's mother runs away from her sick husband for some fun and a young lover. Her son's life does not interest her. When his father has an attack and he looks for his mother in a pub, she refuses to come home. The father dies and the conflict between Pepík and his mother reaches a climax at the crematorium, where the boy cannot stand her feigned grief. After the funeral Pepík overslept and gets to work a little late. When the foreman berates him he responds with a blow. Fulín makes sure Pepík has to return to the Home for Young People. The director Pavlata tries to discover what went wrong. He is puzzled by the indifference of his colleagues and their lack of interest in the now withdrawn Pepík. Pavlata resigns and the facility returns to its old barracks-style regime.
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Cast
Radoslav Brzobohatý
ředitel Domova mládeže František Pavlata
Ladislav Potměšil
Pepík Adamec
Jana Hlaváčová
Jana, úřednice Domova mládeže
Jaroslava Adamová
Adamcová, Pepíkova matka
Zdeněk Kutil
Josef Adamec, Pepíkův otec
Ilja Prachař
vychovatel Kloc
Miroslav Zounar
vychovatel Balcar
Václav Mareš
doktor v Domově mládeže
Josef Kaňkovský
tovární mistr Fulín
Míla Myslíková
kádrovačka Myšková
František Vicena
dělník Rybák
Václav Neužil
inspektor Kodeš
Déda Papež
předseda ZV ROH
Milan Klásek
dělník Dlabola
Pavel Pípal
člen ZV ROH
Václav Březina
chovanec Marťan
Karel Fröhlich
chovanec Teddy
Oldřich Vízner
chovanec Hečky
Jiří Stivín
chovanec Svítek
Miloš Absolon
chovanec Piskoř
Jiří Štěpnička
chovanec Domova mládeže
Vladimír Kudla
chovanec Domova mládeže
Jaroslav Drbohlav
chovanec Domova mládeže
Dimitrij Krechler
chovanec Domova mládeže
František Hošek
mladý dělník Douda
Štěpánka Cittová
sekretářka
Ilona Kubásková
domovnice
Helena Růžičková
dělnice Miládka
Stanislav Hájek
Zalabák
Ladislav Gzela
mistr v Domově mládeže Cibula
Josef Laufer
milenec Adamcové
Vladimír Bičík
cestující v autobusu
Karolina Slunéčková
cestující v autobusu
Marie Hübschová
žena u stolu
Věra Hanslíková
Kratochvílová
Ladislava Kutová
dívka u brusky
Vladimír Linka
člen ZV ROH
V. Pasterňák
člen ZV ROH
Libuše Šetelová
členka ZV ROH
Blažena Vernerová
žena u ryb
Otto Bezloja
hudebník
Ladislav Habart
hudebník
Josef Poslední
hudebník
Jaroslav Štrudl
hudebník
B. Beneš
hudebník
Miroslav Čech
hudebník
Vladislav Heráček
hudebník
J. Hrubý
hudebník
Zdeněk Kučera
hudebník
J. Nevrkla
hudebník
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Karel Kočí, Bohuslav Varhaník, Jaroslava Vilímková
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Jan Syrový, Petr Čapek, Dana Dudová
Cooperation
Luďka Žáková (klapka), Alena Červená (fotografka)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Orchestr Karla Vlacha (Music Conducted by Karel Vlach), FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín), skupina Karla Duby
Songs
Bez hlavy
Song Composer Evžen Illín
Singer sbor
Dlouhá míle
Song Composer Evžen Illín
Singer Karel Hála
Kdyby ty muziky nebyly
Song Composer Jaromír Vejvoda
Production info
Original Title
Škola hříšníků
Czech Title
Škola hříšníků
English Title
School of Sinners
Working Title
Orlí pera / Na shledanou, kajmane
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama, psychological
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1965
Production Year
1965
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 27 November 1964
start of filming 15 April 1965
end of filming 23 August 1965
projection approval 29 October 1965
withdrawal from distribution 1 September 1974
Premiere
premiere 14 January 1966 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 26 January 1966 /suitable for youths/ (kino Pasáž /2 týdny/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Feix – Brož, Miloš Brož (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Karel Feix (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
87 min
Original length in metres
2 489 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
Awards
Vítěz
Festival: Mezinárodní filmový festival Laren
1967
Laren / the Netherlands
