Saint Helena Island

Country

Czech Republic

Copyright

2011

Production year

2005—2007

Premiere

24 February 2011

Runtime

83 min

Category

film

Genre

road movie

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Ostrov Svaté Heleny

Czech title

Ostrov Svaté Heleny

English title

Saint Helena Island

Summary

The film is a documentary debut of a television documentarist and links the story of singer František Kůzle, inspired by the life of leading actor, singer and musician Laďa Kerndl with a record of the live of Czech patriots in Romanian Banat. The solitary František sets out there for his daughter Helena who’d left home. He doesn’t find her, but gets to know the local inhabitants who preserve the Czech language and culture in harsh conditions. He meets with his daughter and they reconcile only after returning home. (Film footage from the archive of Laďa Kerndl).

Cast

Laďa Kerndl

František Kůzle

Pavel Bobek

Gustav Mlejnek

Tatiana Vilhelmová

Helena Kůzlová

Zuzana Slavíková

Magda Kůzlová

Iva Kubelková

barmanka Maruška

Lada Jelínková

žena s kočárkem

Vlastimil Šimůnek

ředitel školy

Miroslav Albert

autodopravce

Karol Smorada

pracovník rybářství

Milada Kerndlová

Alena, Magdina kamarádka

Miroslav Čuba

Vlach, Magdin přítel

Marie Karbulová

teta Marjána

obyvatelé české vesnice Svatá Helena v rumunském Banátu

obyvatelé české vesnice Gernik v rumunském Banátu

obyvatelé české vesnice Rovensko v rumunském Banátu

pes Žolik manželů Kerndlových

Crew and creators

Director of Photography

Richard Špůr

Production Designer

Tomáš Moravec

Costume Designer

Iva Rašková

Film Editor

Jan Petras

Sound Designer

Roman Čapek, Miloš Sommer, Jiří Mach (záznam kontaktního zvuku)

Special Effects

4movie®, Patrik Hradecký

Co-producer

Martin Kořínek

Artistic Collaboration

Martin Dušek (grafika)

Music

Music Composed by

Luboš Malina

Music Performed by

Malina Movie Band, Luboš Malina /kytara, tarogato, píšťaly, banjo/, Stano Palúch /housle, kytara, klavír/, Klaudius Kováč /klavír/, Róbert Ragan /kontrabas/, Peter Solárik /bicí/, Ivo Viktorin /klávesy/, Emil Formánek /kytara/, Laďa Kerndl /bicí/, Milan Kašuba /kytara/, Dušan Reichmann /kontrabas/, Luboš Novotný /lap steel, dobro kytary/, Petr Vavřík /baskytara/, Jiří K. Stivín /bicí, perkuse/, Martin Fridrich /banjo/, Pepa Malina /housle/, Zdeněk Jahoda /mandolína/, Petr Surý /kontrabas/, Peter Rowan /kytara/

Music Supervisor

Luboš Malina

Songs

Do nebe když se dívám

Song Composer Luboš Malina
Writer of Lyrics Laďa Kerndl

The Lonely Boy Blues I

Song Composer Laďa Kerndl
Writer of Lyrics Laďa Kerndl

Smuteční

Song Composer Luboš Malina
Writer of Lyrics František Gellner

Jde podzim duší mou

Song Composer Luboš Malina
Writer of Lyrics Bohdan Kaminský

Večer teskné nálady

Song Composer Luboš Malina
Writer of Lyrics Karel Hlaváček

The Lonely Boy Blues II

Song Composer Láďa Kerndl
Writer of Lyrics Laďa Kerndl

Mé září / September When It Comes

Song Composer Rosanne CashJohn Leventhal
Writer of Lyrics Robert Křesťan

Bražec Swing

Song Composer Luboš Malina

In the Morning We Will Find Our Way

Song Composer Luboš Malina
Writer of Lyrics Peter Rowan

Production info

Original Title

Ostrov Svaté Heleny

Czech Title

Ostrov Svaté Heleny

English Title

Saint Helena Island

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

road movie

Origin country

Czech Republic

Copyright

2011

Production Year

2005—2007

Production specifications

start of filming 08/2005

Premiere

premiere 24 February 2011 /suitable for all ages/ (multiplex Palace Cinemas Slovanský dům, Praha)

Distribution slogan

A man without a wife, a father without a daughter, a friend without friends.

Copyright Holders

MgA. Vlastimil Šimůnek

Distribution

Palace Pictures

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

83 min

Distribution carrier

DCP 2-D

Aspect ratio

1:1,78

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

digital sound

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech, Romanian

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech