''We Love'' (Czech: ''Milujeme'') is a 1952 Czech

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by Václav Kubásek and starring František Peterka,

Jaroslav Průcha Jaroslav Průcha (24 April 1898 – 25 April 1963) was a Czechoslovakian film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1929 and 1963. He is buried at the Vyšehrad Cemetery. Selected filmography * '' Paradise Road'' (1936) * ''Skel ...

and Jarmila Krulišová. It was shot at the

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and

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and on location around

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and

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Alois Mecera. It reflected the ideology of the ruling

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and the

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-era aesthetic of

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Synopsis

At a boarding school for mining

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, some of the students are able to thwart a plot by

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s to flood a new shaft being dug to enlarge a

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.https://www.csfd.cz/film/197303-milujeme/prehled/

Cast

* František Peterka as Vojta Gavrecký *

as Marec - head of school hostel * Jarmila Krulišová as Mirka * Frantisek Hanuš as Ing. Lauda * Vladimír Hlavatý as Ing. František Hruzek * Oldřich Lukeš as Barvík * Vilém Besser as Tonda Vrubel - apprentice * Lumír Blahník as Franta Gavlas - apprentice *

Jiří Bruder Jiří Bruder (13 April 1928 – 31 May 2014) was a Czech film, theatre and voice actor, recipient of the for his lifetime achievements in dubbing (1998). During his career, he worked in Prague Municipal Theatres or Laterna Magika. Beginning in th ...

as Apprentice Hilar * František Miroslav Doubrava as Policeman * Zdeněk Duss as Hilen * Arnošt Faltýnek as Grandfather Vrubel *

Stanislav Fišer Stanislav Fišer (14 December 1931 – 11 June 2022) was a Czech theatre and film actor and dubber. Life Fišer was born in Hořice. He started as an amateur actor, after World War II. He first played in the Theatre for Youth, run by Míla Mel ...

as Jiří Jedlička - apprentice * Antonín Holzinger as Teacher of dance * Jana Hrdličková as Jitka *

František Kovářík František () is a masculine given name of Czech origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include: *Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer, and screenwriter *F ...

as Grandfather Gavrecký *

Zdeněk Kryzánek Zdeněk is a Czech given name derived from the Latin name Sidonius. contested the relation with the Latin name, and an alternative etymology is a diminutive of Zdeslav.Jan Svoboda, Staročeská osobní jména se základem sd , sdě-, :Onomasti ...

as Bürger *

Radovan Lukavský Radovan Lukavský (1 November 1919 – 10 March 2008) was a Czech theatre and film actor. Lukavský was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1919. He graduated from high school in Český Brod, before continuing his education at the Charles Univer ...

as Commisar SNB * Antonín Mikulič as Pepík Zifka - apprentice * Hynek Němec as Stach * Václav Neužil Sr. as Stefan * Radim Nikodém as Petr Zajonc - apprentice * Jaroslav Oliverius as Apprentice Slávek * Jaroslav Orlický as Policeman * Václav Švec as Innkeeper *

Vera Vachová Vera may refer to: Names *Vera (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Vera (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name) **Vera (), archbishop of the archdiocese of Tarrag ...

as Secretary *

Jaroslav Vojta Jaroslav Vojta (27 December 1888 – 20 April 1970) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1921 and 1970. Selected filmography * ''Karel Havlíček Borovský'' (1925) * ''The Lantern'' (1925) * '' Hraběnk ...

as Mineworker Saladyga

References

Bibliography

* Černík, Jan. ''Český technický scénář 1945–1962''. Palacký University Olomouc, 2021. p. 154. * Duijzings, Ger & Dušková, Lucie. ''Working At Night: The Temporal Organisation of Labour Across Political and Economic Regimes''. Walter de Gruyter, 2022

External links

* 1952 films 1952 drama films 1950s Czech-language films Czech drama films Films directed by Václav Kubásek Czechoslovak black-and-white films Czechoslovak drama films 1950s Czech films Films shot at Barrandov Studios {{1950s-CzechRepublic-film-stub