简介：WiththeparticipationofexperiencedCzechfilmmakers(directorVaclavWasserman,directorofphotographyJanRoth),thefeaturefilmCertovastena(‘TheDevil’sWall’)wasmadein1948bytheStudioofArtisticFilms,Bratislava,partofCzechoslovakStateFilm.ThescreenplaywaswrittenbyOndrejJariabek,whowasalsotheco-authorofthestorytogetherwithdramatistIvanBukovcan.ThesignificanceofthisfilmliesinthefactthatCertovastenamarkedthefirstoccasiononwhichaSlovakfeaturefilmattemptedtobreakintothefieldofpopularsituationcomedy.(<SlovakFilmHistoryafter1945>) AcaseinpointwasDevil’sWall(Certovastena,1949,thetitlereferredtothenameofamountainrockface),directedbyVaclavWasserman.Thescriptwasexpandedbytheincongruousmotifsof“theexploitation”ofworkersinaskifactoryandthetradeunions’furtheranceoftheworkers’rightsandsubsidizedvacationtrips.Productionwasalsomarredbythedefection,motivatedbytheCommunisttakeover,ofKlaraCihlovainthemainsupportingrole.(<TheContextofSlovakFilmmakingduringtheImpositionofCommunism1948-1955>)…