František Gel: Year XXV A. D.

The face of our planet after general and complete disarmament. Report from the all-human global celebration of the first day of the year XXV A. D. broadcast from a sound recording of the future. Images of the distant future of mankind and scientific and technological progress seem to have always attracted not only scientists but also writers. The Czech journalist, translator, and non-fiction author František Gel also liked to deal with them. In 1962 he wrote a radio play, which he gave the form of a fictional report from the future, depicting the planet-wide celebration of the first day of the New Year. Mankind is marking the beginning of a new happy age and the flowering of civilization that followed universal and complete disarmament. If there is something that makes Gelo's radio play especially worthy of your attention, it is the realization of director Jiří Horčička. It fills the format of a pseudo-reportage from the future with verve, using the skills of actors such as. Jiří Adamíra, Rudolf Pellar, Jiřina Jirásková, Bohumil Švarc.