On the Sunnyside (1933)

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A story of two story of two children tossed between their indifferent parents and a progressive boarding school.

Date of release
1933-12-01
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
Drama
Director
Vladislav Vančura

Casting

Interesting facts

On the Sunny Side is a 1933 Czech drama film by the director Vladislav Vančura. The film is a social drama dealing with the themes of children poverty and neglect.

Production

Vančura was a Marxist and his ideas for the movie were influenced by a Russian educator Anton Makarenko. The screenplay was written by an avantgarde writer Vítězslav Nezval, a literary theorist Roman Jakobson and a pedagogue Miloslav Disman. The film was shot in the streets of Prague. The children's home scenes were shot at Zbraslav Monastery.

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