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

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directed by Václav Kubásek and starring František Peterka, Jaroslav Průcha and Jarmila Krulišová. It was shot at the Barrandov and Hostivař Studios in

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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 Communist Party and the

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-era aesthetic of socialist realism.

Synopsis

At a boarding school for mining

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, some of the students are able to thwart a plot by saboteurs 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 * Jaroslav Průcha 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 as Apprentice Hilar *

František Miroslav Doubrava František () is a masculine Czech and Slovak given name. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François and Franz. It can be also surname (feminine: Františková). Notable people with the name include: Given name Arts * Frank Daniel (Franti ...

as Policeman * Zdeněk Duss as Hilen * Arnošt Faltýnek as Grandfather Vrubel * Stanislav Fišer as Jiří Jedlička - apprentice *

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as Teacher of dance * Jana Hrdličková as Jitka *

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as Grandfather Gavrecký * Zdeněk Kryzánek 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 Radim may refer to: Places in the Czech Republic * Radim (Jičín District), a municipality and village in the Hradec Králové Region * Radim (Kolín District), a municipality and village in the Central Bohemian Region *Radim, a village and part ...

as Petr Zajonc - apprentice * Jaroslav Oliverius as Apprentice Slávek * Jaroslav Orlický as Policeman * Václav Švec as Innkeeper *

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as Secretary * Jaroslav Vojta 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