Filosofská historie

Despite the negative connotations that surrounded Jirásek's entire work and his personality (especially after 1945), it is surprisingly possible to recommend virtually all of the film and television transcripts as current or otherwise in terms of quality or interest. Jirásek himself only lived to see the first silent Lucerna, which he really liked. Vávra relied on a classic title and experienced filmmakers and let the young acting of Boháč and Pivec (Vavřena and Frýbort) blossom without interfering too much. (04.10.2020)

Although I could easily criticize Philosophical History for being too patriotic, I will not do so. It was written a year before the fall of Czechoslovakia, at a time when things were bubbling beyond the border (not only), and so it says a lot about the onset of the Second World War and the fact that the Czechs were even then stirring up and strengthening their national pride as much as they could. Through literature, theater, movies. Otakar Vávra handled his debut well and many scenes are impressive - the student celebration smells and breathes of spring, while Špína's departure to the monastery is appropriately bitter. Of the cast, we must praise Jan Pivec, Jindřich Plachta and Zdeňka Baldová, but I also liked the charming Karla Oličová. The scene of the suppression of the rebellion was well done by Vávra, except that it is underlined by the inappropriate "jubilant" music (but maybe that was the intention). (09.11.2014)