Courage for Every Day

Courage for Every Day (Czech: Každý den odvahu) is a 1964 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Evald Schorm.^[1]

Courage for Every Day
Directed by	Evald Schorm
Screenplay by	Antonín Máša
Story by	Antonín Máša
Starring	Jana Brejchová Jan Kačer
Cinematography	Jan Čuřík
Edited by	Filmové studio Barrandov
Music by	Jan Klusák
Production company	Filmové studio Barrandov
Distributed by	Státní fond kinematografie
Release date	15 January 1965 (1965-01-15)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

Plot

Director Evald Schorm reflects on the changing political tides of his generation in this clear-eyed study of idealism and disillusionment. Jarda (Jan Kačer) is a passionate Communist worker fervently dedicated to the principles of his party. But as those around him grow increasingly disenchanted with the cause, he must confront a sobering realization: that everything he has fought for has been for nothing.

Cast

• Jana Brejchová as Věra
• Jan Kačer as Jarda Lukáš
• Josef Abrhám as Bořek
• Vlastimil Brodský as Journalist
• Jiřina Jirásková as Olina, journalist's wife
• Olga Scheinpflugová as Landlady
• Václav Trégl as Eduard Mrázek
• Jan Libíček as Photographer
• Jan Cmíral as Company director
• Josef Krameš as Magician
• Helena Uhlířová as Magician's assistant
• Jiří Menzel as Jarda's colleague

Reception

Awards

1966 Locarno International Film Festival^[2]

• Won: Golden Leopard