Directed by:
Petr SmělíkCinematography:
Petr HlavatýCast:
Viktor Preiss (narrator), Dana Černá (narratress), Jindřiška Dudziaková (narratress), Kryštof Krhovják (narrator), Robert Mikluš (narrator) (more)Plots(1)
The documentary First of May explores the more than a century-long evolution of the celebration and the meaning of this day. The structure is composed of memories, newspaper excerpts, testimonies found in archives, etc. - all these passages are brought to life by the actors' voices, taking on the roles of journalists, factory workers, policemen, workers and ordinary people who watch May Day, sometimes with interest and verve, sometimes with distance or irony. (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Viktor Preiss (narrator)
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Královský život otroka (1992) (TV movie)
Scapinova šibalství (1980) (TV movie)
Dana Černá (narratress)
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Defender (2021) (series)
Dámský krejčí (2012) (theatrical recording)
Sekal Has to Die (1998)
Jindřiška Dudziaková (narratress)
Czech Republic
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Sense of Tumour (2024) (series)
Eyewitness (2021)
Kryštof Krhovják (narrator)
Czech Republic
Robert Mikluš (narrator)
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series)
Balada pro banditu (2012) (theatrical recording)
Raskolnikov: jeho zločin a jeho trest (2009) (theatrical recording)
Vojtěch Bartoš (narrator)
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Periferie (2017) (theatrical recording)
Zbyšek Horák (narrator)
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Něžné vlny (2013)
Kryštof (2021)
Bastardi (2010)
Jaroslav Mendel (narrator)
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Uprising (2001) (TV movie)
The Man Who Stood in the Way (2023)
The Visitors: Bastille Day (2016)
Jiří Štrébl (narrator)
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Prokletí rodu Baskervillů aneb Pozor zlý pes! (2004) (theatrical recording)
Suspicion (2022) (series)
Petr Gelnar (narrator)
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Christmas Star (2020) (TV movie)
Shotgun Justice (2019)