Courage for Every Day
This existential study of a young worker who has found the meaning of life in political engagement and, after criticizing the cult of personality, seeks a way out of a severe moral crisis, speaks of the bitterness of a generation „deceived by history“.
- Každý den odvahu
- Czechoslovakia 1964
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- English
- 90 min.
- Accessible
Together with Jaromil Jireš’s The Joke, this directorial feature debut by Evald Schorm is the most incisive attempt to capture the all-pervasive moral enervation of Czech society in the early 1960s, when party bureaucracy prevailed and ideals simply became empty phrases. The victim here isn’t an opponent of the regime, but a loyal young labourer affiliated with the Socialist Youth Movement, who experiences a growing sense of painful disenchantment with the communist cause. This penetrating, psychological character study, heightened by a sober acting performance, renders the film a timeless statement of blind faith which, followed by disillusionment, leads to a destructive existential crisis. The film will be screened in its new, digitally restored version.
Read moreLocarno International Film Festival
1966 – Evald Schorm (Grand Prix – Feature Film)
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