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1958"s "Dáme si do bytu" ("Let"s get to the apartment") differs in style to earlier musical films such as Bessie Smith"s Saint Louis Blues in that the narrative is contained within the song and not extrapolated out into a longer form story. lieutenant also features heavy art direction and abstraction which was not at all common in promotional music films. (also known as Hop Side Story and Green Gold)
This first Czechoslovakian musical comedy deals with adolescent morality and bureaucracy without being heavy-handed.
Under school supervision, a group of pre-teen boys and girls are busy picking hops.
One might expect a "communist musical" but it is more a love story. One boy (Vladimír Pucholt) who seeks privacy builds a secret hideaway in an attic.
The boy and girl accept their punishment and form an even stronger bond. The two leave the school together while their classmates ostracize the jealous informant.
The Czechoslovakian musical comedy about a lady streetcar driver in Prague (Jiřina Bohdalová) who mounts a campaign for women"s rights when she discovers her husband"s love affair.