Martina Samková

“And there it was that they didn't really want to let go of the Skoda workers. And I guess the strike was from twelve to two o'clock. And we were always waiting for those microphones. And there was a totally crowded square, adjoining streets, just a pin wouldn't fail. And now I always say, 'Lord God, Lord God, let the workers ...' And there was Pepino Bernard then, darling. And I know he was a fighter, too. Such Marrat, Robespierre, Dante and the brave Lion Heart together. And he really is in that Skoda… God knows what he was doing there because I didn't have time to watch him. I was again in a different cell, on a different front, in a different battle line. And I say, 'Lord God, give that Pepik strength to lead those sheep beyond the gates of all those steels and mothers.' Well, and they just didn't seem to give it. And suddenly someone came running - I have goose bumps, just talking about it - and shouted, 'The pests are going!' And now I was happy, but on the other hand, I was like, "Oh my God, but what are we going to do?" Where do I go, I don't know, five, ten thousand or fifteen [thousand] Skoda, when there's no space at all? So I picked up the microphone and lowered the square. There I understood exactly that if someone said "defenestration", those people would go. There, I remembered exactly what Hitler, these freaks could do with the crowd. How little it takes to fool people, fool the crowd, shout something - and those people go. The square fell silent. I know I told them to make a corridor, because our Skaters are following us. There was total silence, total silence. And suddenly, as the Knights of Blanik went the endless swarm of those absolutely enthusiastic Skoda. There was no single incident. There were no ambulances, it was not secured, there was nothing. And that was something that could not be described. ”

“A totally excited Máša Caltová called me, if I wanted to play that Mr. Smoček, as he requested me to take part in a play. Something about the alley, I don't remember anymore. And I said, 'Well, that's great! Back on stage again! Beautiful!' Well, and when it was about a week before the rehearsals, the poor elected Máša Caltová called me again, to tell me I would not be playing in it. That Jana Matyášková got the role and I will never play at the Pilsen J. K. Tyl Theater again.”