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Nazi propaganda film about the Czech "Theresienstadt ghetto" in Terezín. The film was supposed to show the world that Jews didn't suffer in concentration camps. Upon completion, most Jews shown in the film (including director Kurt Gerron) were brought to Auschwitz, where they were killed.
Documentary by Jan Kadar
This primarily comprises a defence reportage that nonetheless uses elements of instructional and promotional film at the same time. On the one hand, the film depicts authentic competition between participants, but also contains fictional passages in which competitors must confront obstacles on the course and teach viewers how to behave in dangerous situations.
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Documentary about the Peace Congress held in Vienna in 1952. The film shows the opening speech of the President of the World Peace Council, Professor F. Joliot-Curie followed by speeches by a number of outstanding peace activists, representatives of nations from 85 countries. In addition to the main session, the film also includes footage of the meetings of the various commissions and sub-commissions, then footage of the streets of Vienna, where the peace delegates were besieged by the youth of Vienna and their requests for autographs, and then footage of the closing session of the Congress and the procession through which the Viennese greeted the peace delegates. The film was made with the cooperation of the Polish State Film, DEFY and Czechoslovak State Film.
The nine-year-old Prague boy Pepiček flies to Moscow as an involuntary stowaway on an airplane. Together with the Soviet pioneer Mischa, he pursues an alleged agent in the hustle and bustle of the World Festival and is flown back to Prague in the evening.
Documentary about the ethnographic festivities in Strážnice in the summer of 1949.
A film about the work of the unified agricultural cooperative in Poběžovice, which became the winner of the JZD competition in 1950.
Miloš Kopecký comments on himself in the roles of restaurant guests who suffer from various social ills. This satirical parade of grotesque human characters, such as the angry man, the alcoholic, the womanizer, and the thief, reminds us to be kind to restaurant staff, as they truly have much to endure.
Document about the progress and winners of the Youth Creativity Competition organized in 1949 by the Czechoslovak Youth Association.
