Kazdy den odvahu (1964)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Evald Schorm

Writer:

Antonín Mása (writer)

Release Date:

4 April 1967 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Jan Kacer	...	Jarda Lukas
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Josef Abrhám	...	Borek
Jana Brejchová	...	Vera
Vlastimil Brodský	...	Reporter
Emma Cerná
Jan Cmíral
Jirina Jirásková	...	Olina
Jan Libícek	...	Photographer
Jirí Menzel
Olga Scheinpflugová	...	Landlady
Zdenek Srstka
Václav Trégl	...	Old man

Also Known As:

Courage for Every Day (International: English title)
Everyday Courage

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

Czechoslovakia

Language:

Czech

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-8 | Sweden:11

Company:

Ceskoslovenský Státní Film

A moving and poetic film of social and historical importance.

"Everyday Courage" or "Courage for Every Day" is a beautifully made fllm of great poetic restraint about a young man living in Prague before the collapse of communism. It is best described as belonging to the school of realism which marked the Czech films of the sixties, and its director, Evald Schorm, was noted for his refusal to compromise the subject matter or style of his films with the regime which controlled the film studios. An admirer of the films of the British director Lindsay Anderson, "Everyday Courage" has similarities with"This Sporting Life", its hero striving to escape the repressive forces of a society against which he rebels, but which ultimately demoralizes him and undermines his personal relationships. The winner of the International Film Festival in 1965 it has been notably neglected, and was one of the most moving and lyrical films to emerge from the Czech school. One can only hope that a distributor makes it widely available.