The Light Penetrates the Dark

synopsis

Portrait of “Edison” (1926–1930), the world's first public kinetic sculpture by Zdeněk Pešánek. The sculpture consisted of 420 colored light bulbs, whose play was controlled by a pneumatic piano in the evening. The film opens with a view of the sculpture situated on the roof of a building in daylight, then darkness engulfs everything, punctuated by electrical discharges, rhythmic lighting, and a play of light reflections.

biography

Otakar Vávra (1911–2011), the author of almost fifty feature films, led the film group of E. F. Burian's cabaret Červené eso (Red Ace) in the 1930s and began his career as a director with film experiments. František Pilát (1910–1987) was a cameraman and teacher and later held the position of deputy in the nationalised Czechoslovak Film.

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director:

František Pilát, Otakar Vávra

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