Antonín Přidal: Judges

You can meet the acting of the legendary Zdeněk Štěpánek while listening to Antonín Přidal's play Sudičky. This balladic story of human suffering and hope takes place in the Czech countryside during the First World War. The play draws attention with a very impressive portrayal of the life of a family that is strongly rooted in tradition. The play was filmed in 1968.. Antonín Přidal is very well known to radio listeners as a translator, publicist and playwright who is also the author of a number of radio plays. He wrote for radio in the 1960s and one of his first titles was the play Sudičky. The play is remarkable not only for its poetic language and imagery, but also for the very successful staging by director Josef Henke, which captures the last radio role of the legendary Czech actor Zdeněk Štěpánek. This balladic story of life, death, human suffering and hope takes place in the Czech countryside during the First World War. Please excuse the reduced quality of the archival footage.