Overview
The happenings in a shoe factory serve as a not very thinly veiled examination of the pros and cons of both socialism and democracy.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Jan Kapr and Claude Debussy
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Julius Vegricht
Details
- Director
- Writers
- T. SvatoplukScreenplay, Novel
- Otakar VávraScreenplay
- K.M. WallóScreenplay
- Original title
- Botostroj
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 24, 1954
- Original language
- Czech
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
Production
Cast
Vítězslav VejražkaFactory Boss
Vilém BesserJosef Horák- Eva KubešováMarie Dornáková
Zdeněk ŘehořManager Antonín
Oldřich VykypělLojza Andres- Petr SkálaJakub
Ota SklenčkaOrt
Marie VášováElsa
Rudolf HrušínskýSram- Božena BöhmováLojzka Andresová
Jarmila KurandováHoráková, Josk's mother
Oldřich Lukešagitator Nikodým- J. O. Martinagitator Pazdera
- Věra Benšováworker
Jan Skopečeklaborer
Karel Houskapersonal clerk and master- Jaroslav Toťlaborer
Vlasta FialováSecretary Anna Vebrová- Kamil Olšovský
- Vladimír Řepa
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