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Motorcycles (film)

1949 film

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ6918288 ↗
Source-derived summary

Motorcycles (Czech: Pětistovka) is a 1949 Czech drama film directed by Martin Frič.

Cast

František Hanus as Martin Baresch

Bela Jurdová as Mana Kolarschowa

Felix Le Breux as Ing.

Editorial summary

“Motorcycles (film)” enters the record as 1949 film. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Motorcycles and film can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1949—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1949-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Motorcycles and film.
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Why this record matters

“Motorcycles (film)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Motorcycles and film provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6918288. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1949.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Motorcycles (film) primary sources, Motorcycles (film) archive and Motorcycles research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Motorcycles (film)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.