Rozdělená země

Documentary / Short
Czechoslovakia, 1955, 23 min

Directed by:

Ivan Frič

Cinematography:

Jiří Ployhar st., Ivan Frič

Composer:

Jiří Šust

Plots(1)

The bombs have stopped falling, and the consequences of the enemy air raids can be seen everywhere. The caves and underground shelters begin to hum with new life. Now is the time to rebuild the housing, even using only the simplest of tools. Children and old people go to work – after all, even during the war, six-year-olds carried shells and news, so why shouldn’t they be able to build a bridge? Chinese engineers help to build fishing vessels, and Czechoslovak doctors and nurses have come as well. In South Korea, on the other hand, the fields are abandoned and the American overlords are oppressing the people. Children have to beg to survive, people live in riverbeds and woman do the laundry in pestilent waters. The people are kept entertained by movies that teach them to kill and steal. (Film Overview, National Film Archive) (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)

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