Underplayed Gems

New Czechoslovakia (1950)

New Czechoslovakia poster
Original title
Nové Československo
Directed by
Vasily Belyayev, Vladimír Vlček
Genre
documentary film
Country
Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union
Runtime
58 min
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is a documentary made as a Soviet-Czechoslovak co-production. It aims to show the beauty and richness of Czechoslovakia under its new postwar communist government. The film presents a state-approved vision of the country and its people.

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What happens

Nové Československo je dokumentární film o Československu, který měl premiéru v roce 1950 (natáčen od roku 1948). Film vznikl v sovětsko-československé koprodukci, režíroval ho sovětský režisér Vasilij Nikolajevič Běljajev a jako pomocný režisér mu asistoval Vladimír Vlček. Vlček důvody vzniku dokumentu popsal takto: „Naším záměrem bylo rozezpívat bohatství a krásu svobodné země a nového života v ní.“ Tvůrci filmu byli oceněni: Režisér Běljajev (III. třídy) a vedoucí výroby Boris Lakman (IV. třídy) dostali Řád Bílého lva, tvůrčí kolektiv (Běljajev, Vlček, skladatel Jan Kapr a tři kameramani) dostal v Sovětském svazu roku 1951 Stalinovu cenu (za rok 1950) druhého stupně. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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