Teď zas my

This is one of the many long-missing films in the collage of Czech production of the 1930s. In its absence, we lost several things. The delightfully civil Jiřina Štěpničková, who at this time played particularly her great serious roles in other films, whose seriousness was reinforced by German versions for the possibility of wider exploitation. But alongside Ladislav Hemmer, she became the ideal lover of her time, willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of a higher feeling - despite the proclaimed progress that might encourage solitary selfish success. Hemmer fully enjoys his exceptionally large role here, which became a satisfaction after all the spicy or humorous episodes. The theme is great, and the processing is also great, but what I appreciate by far the most is the visionary overlap. The film does not end with the obligatory reconciliation of the old and the new; at the very end, Šlégl moves into a vision of the future that is truly golden and rightly deserved. I wish more such points could be offered. (29.12.2014)