Keeper of dynamite
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Based on a novel by Jan Drda, this short drama depicts a group of wartime quarry workers and their partisan activities. On discussing a lack of Partisan activities, a group of quarry workers decide to steal dynamite to blow up the railway lines used by the Germans themselves. The quarry store keeper and his wife sacrifice themselves when the German soldiers investigate the attacks.
Credits
- Cast
- Fiala, Eman; Svobodová, Eva; Struna, Ladislav; Jan Drda (scriptwriter); Pavel Juráček (writer of screenplay); Zdeněk Sirový (director)
Complete catalog record
Alternate title: Hlídac Dynamitu. English.
Original source: AMDigital Reference: N-507243 | Film format: 16mm Comb BW pos | Contributors: Jurácek, Pavel; Drda, Jan; Duda, Milan. | Production Company: Film Studio and Television Academy of Musical Arts. | Production Company: Czechoslovak Filmexport. | Reproduction of: Hlídac Dynamitu Czechoslovakia, 1962. 16mm Comb BW pos. | The British Film Institute
Original production: [Czechoslovakia] : Film Studio and Television Academy of Musical Arts ; Czechoslovak Filmexport, 1962.
Physical description: 1 online resource (1 video file (24 minutes, 32 seconds)) : sound, black and white.
Subjects: Railroads -- Vandalism -- Drama | World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Drama
Language note: Czech dialogue; English subtitles.
Original source: AMDigital Reference: N-507243 | Film format: 16mm Comb BW pos | Contributors: Jurácek, Pavel; Drda, Jan; Duda, Milan. | Production Company: Film Studio and Television Academy of Musical Arts. | Production Company: Czechoslovak Filmexport. | Reproduction of: Hlídac Dynamitu Czechoslovakia, 1962. 16mm Comb BW pos. | The British Film Institute
Original production: [Czechoslovakia] : Film Studio and Television Academy of Musical Arts ; Czechoslovak Filmexport, 1962.
Physical description: 1 online resource (1 video file (24 minutes, 32 seconds)) : sound, black and white.
Subjects: Railroads -- Vandalism -- Drama | World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Drama
Language note: Czech dialogue; English subtitles.
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Sources
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