Movielogr
The Black Dynasty (1962)
Directed by Štěpán Skalský
Overview
The family is connected with Prague’s “Kolbenka”, the ČKD locomotive factory. Grandfather Antonín, already retired, son Rudolf, a master in the locomotive assembly section and grandson Antonín, a promising football player. The film also tells the story of Rudolf’s daughter Vera - each generation has its own ideas about life and cannot identify with the others. The film is linked by retrospective sequences from the lives of Antonín the Elder and Rudolf, especially from the war years. It is a realistic take on working-class life, unencumbered by ideology (despite the opening dedication), featuring well-known and time-tested actors in mainly male roles.
Actors
Ladislav Pešek | Zdeňka Černá | Jiří Němeček | Libuše Švormová | Libuše Havelková | Ladislav Mrkvička | Monika Pošívalová | Rudolf Jelínek | Jana Břežková | Jaroslav Moučka | Miloš Patočka | Karel Šmíd | Zdeněk Najman | Emil Rohan | František Krahulík | Miroslav Mokošín | Mirko Musil | Antonín Kobylák | Aleš Helcelet | Jozef Príhoda | Lubomír Kostelka | Karel Fort | Bohuš Hradil | Marie Durnová | Jiří Krampol | Jiří Tuček | Josef Abrhám | Karel Hábl | Michael Junášek | Jiří Hrzán | Alena Bradáčová | Vladimír Čech st. | Zlatomír Vacek | Zdeněk Braunschläger | Vítězslav Černý | František Miroslav Doubrava | Ota Sklenička | Karel Hlušička | Ladislav Gzela | Marie Drahokoupilová | Vladimír Krška | Arnošt Faltýnek | Ladislav Trojan | Radim Cvrcek | Antonín Šůra | Ferdinand Krůta | Milan Neděla | Jirí Hurta | Marian Cingroš | Jaroslav Drbohlav | Evžen Drmola | Václav Fišer | Ivo Foustka | Stanislav Hájek | Antonín Hardt | Marie Hatleová | Zdeněk Hodr | Richard Honzovič | Karel Hovorka st. | Vladimír Huber | Miloslav Janovský | Zdeněk Jiřičný | J. A. Chodský | Gustav Semerák | Josef Kozák | František Kropáček | Věra Laňková | Jan Obrda | Josef Svátek | Jan Odl | Zdeněk Procházka | Otto Šimánek | Oldřich Šmalcl | František Vandas | Libuše Štědrá | B. Sedláček | M. Mayer | J. Tóth | K. Kotek