Delinquent youths wander aimlessly and commit mischief. Few, however, manage to break free from the influence of such a gang. One of the lucky ones is a girl who grew up in an orphanage - already reformed and reformed, she remembers her dark past.
Acting
Jana Brejchová's haunted restraint anchors every scene.
Direction
Krejčík's documentary-like observation feels unsettlingly real.
Director
Jiří Krejčík
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Probuzení predates the Czech New Wave explosion by five years, quietly planting seeds of social critique that Forman and Passer would later harvest.
Jana Brejchová became one of Czech cinema's biggest stars—this early role already shows why, with a performance so interior you forget she's acting.
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