Depiction of the Countryside in the Czech Film in the Early 1950s on the Example of the Film Slepice a kostelník (The Hen and the Sexton)
2020
Abstract
Czechoslovak film Slepice a kostelník (The Hen and the Sexton) was premiered in 1951. Its directors Oldřich Lipský and Jan Strejček made the film based on a theatre play by Jaroslav Zrotal.
The movie is an example in which way the then Czechoslovak communist propaganda depicted the Czech countryside of that time. The film included topics accentuated by the totalitarian propaganda - the fight against acts of sabotage, the importance of collectivization of the agricultural sector, the worker-peasent alliance, and the task of young generation.