The first performed scene is telling a local legend about a weaver who is walking through a forest and gets scared by his own weaving warp, which he regards to be a dangerous snake. This legend has gi...
At the occasion of the Charity Party officers with their families are meeting with young soldiers. The military band is playing in the pavilion, people are promenading, and soldiers are arrayed and sa...
A parade of people wearing historical costumes is marching through the town of Nový Jičín. We can also see allegorical trucks in the parade.
Train with the Emperor Charles I. is arriving at the station. Military cavalry is preparing for the festive visit. The Mayor of the Town and church dignitaries welcomes the Emperor, accompanied by the...
First May procession moves from Wenceslas Square to the Národní třída [the National Avenue], and then to the Střelecký Isle and Žofín. Among banners we can see mottos calling for Czech Indepen...
A film walk through Prague, to busy Wenceslas Square and Old Town Square, focused on notable sights of the New Town and mainly the Old Town of Prague.
On September 16, 1923, I International Car Races were held in Plzeň. Motorcycles and automobiles were weighed with a town weighing machine. Then all the cars went through the streets of the town. Fol...
President T. G. Masaryk is getting off the train in Domažlice, he is welcomed by the town representatives. From there he is taken in a coach in a ceremony parade, accompanied by the Sokol cavalry. He...
Medium shot of an Austrian soldier standing with an Austrian colonel (Jaroslav Marvan), Dr. Šrámek (František Smolík), and Lieutenant Rjepkin (Vladimír Borský). The soldier is pointing his bayon...
Wide shot of an office. Standing from left to right are: Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík), an Austrian colonel (actor: Jaroslav Marvan), a military guard, Lieutenant Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír ...
Wide shots of an office. A group of seven Austrian officers (fifth from left is actor Jaroslav Marvan) stand at the door and look at Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík), who is standing behind a ...
Wide shot of a hospital room with a group of standing patients and three military privates. One of the privates, infantryman Tlamicha (actor: Theodor Pištěk), stands in the middle and conducts as th...
Wide shot of a church interior that has been converted into a military hospital. Wounded soldiers sit or lie on hospital beds lined up along the walls. Other patients sit at the two tables standing in...
Wide shot of a hospital room where doctors are making rounds. On the left are tables with bread and carafes of water. Chairs are standing around the tables. Five doctors stand in the middle of the roo...
Medium shot of three privates: Tlamicha (actor: Theodor Pištěk), yawning Sakař (actor: Jindřich Plachta), and smiling Vyskočil (actor: Břetislav Hrstka).
Medium close-up of the wounded Corporal Bartoněk (actor: Jiří Vondrovič) with bandaged eyes and an arm in a cast with Nurse Tonička (actress: Truda Grosslichtová, in profile).
Preliminary budget
List of costumes and stage properties
Contest for the music to the film
Conditions of screening in Bio Fenix in Prague