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On the Sunny Side (1933 film)
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Wikipedia article
'On the Sunny Side' is a 1933 Czech drama film by the director Vladislav Vanura. The film is a social drama dealing with the themes of children poverty and neglect.
Plot
Babula is growing up in a rich family, but she's neglected by her parents. She's friends with a son of her family's maid, Honza. When Honza and his mother are thrown out by Babula's father, the two children perform on the streets to earn money. They get arrested and Honza is sent to a children's home 'On the Sunny Side'. Babula's mother tries to commit suicide and Albta is sent to the same place. In the children's home their lives get better under the influence of their progressive teacher.
Cast
* Vclav Vydra as Josef Rezek
* Zdeka Grfov as Rezek's wife
* Babula Treybalov as Albta "Babula" Rezkov
* Magda Kopivov as Maid Aneka Kolbenov
* Petr Schulhoff as Honza, son of Aneka
* Jindich Plachta as Teacher
* enk lgl as Counsellor
* Rena lemrov as Children's home director
* Ludvk Veverka as Seidl
* Hana Beckmannov as Insurance company agent Willi
Production
Vanura was a Marxist and his ideas for the movie were influenced by a Russian educator Anton Makarenko. The screenplay was written by an avantgarde writer Vtzslav Nezval, a literary theorist Roman Jakobson and a pedagogue Miloslav Disman. The film was shot in the streets of Prague. The children's home scenes were shot at Zbraslav Monastery.
Release
The premiere was held in Prague on 1 December 1933. The film was received negatively by film critics. The reviews mentioned amateurish direction and technical qualities of the movie. In 2017 the film was screened at MoMA as a part of Czech cinema retrospective 'Ecstasy and Irony: Czech
Cinema, 19271943'.
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