Jejich zásluha

Comrade Zahradník is proof of how socialist hero-rhetoric influenced Czech documentary film of the 1950s. An at first glance ordinary factory worker represents the Smíchov electoral district. Besides working at the Škoda plant, he also organized community gardening events.
In its introduction, the film defines itself against articles that have appeared on the comrade in the papers. From this juxtaposition of two media (film and print), the film reportage emerges as the more thorough and detailed report, one that present the full breadth and depth of the subject. No matter how rhetorically. (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)