Czechoslovak Soviet Army They say that the army is a school of life that makes boys men. It is this alleged axiom that allows, for example, former paratroopers to claim unpunished drunkenness in public places and bathing in fountains.
The army from Pavel Juracek is not mythical, but real. She has no romantic aura and no criminal acuity. The army, although Czechoslovak, is so similar to the Soviet one. The film consists of two parts. In the Achilles heel, a recruit and an old-time corporal go to the city: a private has a sore leg, and he needs to see a doctor. It seems that between the two soldiers lies a chasm of age, life experience, self-confidence. In the meantime, the private is burdened with dismissal, constantly asking: "When we go home." The corporal enjoys every moment of an ordinary day, not recognizing the barracks as home. But the city girls look at the soldiers with very different eyes.
In the second part of Every Young Man, soldiers first participate in maneuvers, and then try to organize a dance evening and invite local girls to it. Officers are like boys playing war with live soldiers. And most conscripts, realizing the absurdity of what is happening, wait only for dances as a symbol of freedom. The best proof of this is the confrontation between the tank and the bus, which goes to the city for the girls. Who do you think should give way to?
The story turned out to be very reliable, since Yurachek himself passed the military service. They say the film was made by order of the Ministry of Defense. And all the more surprising how military officials failed to consider the Kafkaesque intonation of the narrative. Moreover, Juracek received the award “For contribution to the coverage of the lives of young people”.
The picture is filled with anxious anticipation. If you wish, you can even see a prediction of the absurd appearance of tanks on the streets of Prague in August 1968.
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