Tank Brigade (1955)
October 5, 1955Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Otomar Krejča
Bedřich Prokoš
Martin Růžek
Vladimír Bičík
Gustav Heverle
Jana Dítětová
Július Pántik
Ota Sklenčka
Josef Hajdučík
Zdeněk Dítě
Jiří Sovák
Jiřina Lukešová
Editor
Ivo Toman
Director
Jan Čuřík
Director of Photography
František Vláčil
Art Direction
Stanislav Brožík
Production Manager
Erik Hubáček
Unit Production Manager
Jaroslav Ullmann
Assistant Production Manager
Jarmila Tomešová
Assistant Production Manager
Jaroslav Kalfiřt
Assistant Production Manager
Josef Vebr
Gaffer
Bedřich Kubala
Screenplay
Jan Pacák
Production Design
Vlastimil Koutecký
Assistant Production Design
František Suchý
Set Decoration
Oldřich Železo
Weapons Master
Štěpánka Stříbrná
Assistant Editor
Jiří Šust
Original Music Composer
Jaroslav Balík
First Assistant Director
Vlastimil Fiala
Assistant Director
Stanislav Černý
Assistant Director
Libuše Junková
Script
František Jindra
Camera Operator
Dalibor Polášek
Assistant Camera
František Zapletal
Costume Design
František Sadílek
Costume Design
Oldřich Mach
Makeup & Hair
Karel Cajthaml
Sound
Jan Krump
Sound Assistant
Jaroslav Šebek
Pyrotechnician
František Belfín
Conductor
Pavel Vondruška
Conductor
Miloslav Holub
František Miroslav Doubrava
Jaroslav Cmíral
Josef Bartůněk
Ladislav Boháč
Oldřich Velen
Vítězslav Vejražka
Miloš Nedbal
Otýlie Beníšková
Jiří Vala
Rudolf Deyl
Jaroslav Zrotal
Oldřich Hoblík
Zdeněk Jelínek
Karel Hovorka
Lujza Grossová
Josef Haukvic
Bohuš Hradil
Alois Krmela
Vojta Plachý-Tůma
Oldřich Lukeš
Ján Bzdúch
Details.
Release DateOctober 5, 1955
Original NameTanková brigáda
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 33m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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Tank Brigade (Czech: Tanková brigáda) is a 1955 Czechoslovak film made about the World War II Eastern Front conflict between German and Czechoslovak forces. The film is set in 1944 and follows Czechoslovak tank brigade during Battle of Ostrava.The film is largely a propaganda film, depicting actions of the 1st Czechoslovak Independent Tank Armoured Brigade, with Soviet forces, who both fought their way to the Czechoslovak border, and participated in the Battle of the Dukla Pass. The film depicts the struggle for Slovakia and the successful liberation of Ostrava in Northern Moravia. The film was shot in Ostrava; one scene depicts a battle for the Miloš Sýkora bridge in Ostrava city, featuring the actual bridge. Three thousand members of the Czechoslovak People's Army participated in the film.
Crew that worked on film included many significant people of Czech cinematography such as cinematographer Jan Čuřík or director František Vláčil who helped with tank battles. The film is 93 minutes, in colour, and stars Otomar Krejča, Bedřich Prokoš, Martin Růžek, Július Pántik, Jana Dítětová, Ota Sklenčka, Zdeněk Dítě, Jiří Sovák, Rudolf Deyl ml., Jiri Vala, Miloslav Holub, Miloš Nedbal, Antonin Sura.
The screenplay was written by Jaroslav Klima, directed by Ivo Toman and produced by Československý Armádní Film.
Unusual for war films, it used a variety of authentic armoured vehicles used by both sides, including Russian T-34 and T-34/85s, as well as German Sturmgeschütz III, Panzer IV and a Schwimmwagen.