Directed by:
Václav KubásekScreenplay:
Bohumil ŠtěpánekCinematography:
Josef StřechaComposer:
Jiří SrnkaCast:
Otomar Krejča st., J. O. Martin, Josef Bek, Vladimír Hlavatý, Antonie Hegerlíková, Jarmila Kurandová, Eva Karelová, Vojta Plachý-Tůma, Věra Kalendová, Svatopluk Majer, Antonín Mikulič, Bolek Prchal (more)Plots(1)
The owner of a brick-factory Detring is sabotaging the two-year economic plan - he is selling bricks, which are in short supply after the war, on the black market. He wants to start a production 'on two fires' which for him would create a double profit and for the workers just endanger their health. The factory's Revolutionary Trade Union Movement Committee, led by the communist Noháč, defies Detring's plan. The committee also disagrees with the payments of the bonuses. Detring attempts to break the solidarity of the workers by bribing people separately. Nevertheless, his talk about the 'good intentions' manages to persuade only worker Marie and young Kramera, who got into financial difficulties after his wife's accident at the brick-factory. The 25th of February 1948 is drawing close, the workers are prepared, and so they manage to reveal Detring's sabotage. The brick-factory is nationalized. To increase the production, Noháč proposes the 'two fires' work. This time, the workers agree. The benefit will be equal for all this time. Soon after the beginning of the work, a valve breaks down in the kiln. Young Kramera joins Noháč in the dangerous work of fixing it, and with this courageous act finds his way back into the workers collective. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Otomar Krejča st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271614_5667d3.jpg)
Otomar Krejča st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Old Czech Legends (1952)
Kočár nejsvětější svátosti (1962) (TV movie)
![J. O. Martin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274329_a11413.jpg)
J. O. Martin
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Distant Journey (1948)
Playing with the Devil (1956)
A Dead Man Among the Living (1946)
![Josef Bek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268676_c413b4.jpg)
Josef Bek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Láska jako trám (1967) (TV movie)
The White Lady (1965)
![Vladimír Hlavatý](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268707_be7f28.jpg)
Vladimír Hlavatý
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Přišel na večeři (1981) (theatrical recording)
The Assassination (1964)
![Antonie Hegerlíková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268347_681aa4.jpg)
Antonie Hegerlíková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Gazdina roba (1992) (theatrical recording)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
![Jarmila Kurandová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268402_0015b1.jpg)
Jarmila Kurandová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Conscience (1948)
Barometr (1969) (TV movie)
![Eva Karelová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275183_def031.jpg)
Eva Karelová
Austria
Best movies:
Silent Barricade (1949)
Portáši (1947)
Revoluční rok 1848 (1949)
![Vojta Plachý-Tůma](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275999_6e84cd.jpg)
Vojta Plachý-Tůma
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Jan Hus (1954)
Jan Žižka (1955)
A Game Without Rules (1967)
![Věra Kalendová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268376_708fdb.jpg)
Věra Kalendová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ball Lightning (1978)
Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“ (1948)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
![Svatopluk Majer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274327_4d9eb3.jpg)
Svatopluk Majer
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Wolf Trap (1957)
Haškovy povídky ze starého mocnářství (1952)
Mayskie zvyozdy (1959)
![Antonín Mikulič](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275699_7f023d.jpg)
Antonín Mikulič
Best movies:
Baron Munchhausen (1940)
Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“ (1948)
Zlaté dno (1942)
![Bolek Prchal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275610_9a7991.jpg)
Bolek Prchal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Nebe a dudy (1941)
Station Master (1941)
![Josef Chvalina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271369_7eeb50.jpg)
Josef Chvalina
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Přišel na večeři (1981) (theatrical recording)
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Dnes ještě zapadá slunce nad Atlantidou (1978) (TV movie)
![Antonín Šůra](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268671_b8d687.jpg)
Antonín Šůra
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Good Soldier Schweik 2: Beg to Report, Sir (1957)
Láska jako trám (1967) (TV movie)
![Ladislav Kulhánek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275563_973433.jpg)
Ladislav Kulhánek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Secret of Blood (1953)
O věcech nadpřirozených (1958)
Capek's Tales (1947)
![Zdeněk Šavrda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268701_53607c.jpg)
Zdeněk Šavrda
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Romeo a Julie na konci listopadu (1971) (TV movie)
The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949)
Zlaté dno (1942)
![Karel Vavřík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275720_0812a2.jpg)
Karel Vavřík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1974)
Love Between the Raindrops (1979)
![Hynek Němec](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274340_3e2baf.jpg)
Hynek Němec
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
On the Trail of Blood (1969)
Funeral Ceremonies (1969)
![Josef Steigl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275468_31372b.jpg)
Josef Steigl
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Conscience (1948)
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
Vladimír Dvorský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Železný dědek (1948)
Malý partyzán (1950)
Bylo to v máji (1950)