Czech Heaven
Country
Austria-HungaryCopyright
1918Production year
1918Premiere
23 November 1918Runtime
11 minDirector
Jan A. PaloušCategory
filmGenre
allegory, historicalTypology
featuretheatrical distributionshortFilm state
lost filmOriginal title
České nebeCzech title
České nebeEnglish title
Czech HeavenSynopsis
"A father is showing his son a book containing pictures of famous Czech men. During the night the boy has a dream. He goes to heaven and an angel leads him to the Czech region where he meets several of these well-known figures. He tells them that the Czech nation has been freed from its subjugation and now it is free. The child then wakes up and sees that it had all been a dream." (According to the censor's certificate.)
Note
The first from the series of patriotic films made just after the proclamation of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918. The film materials are believed lost.
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Cast
Čeněk Fencl
Bedřich Smetana
František Havel
Svatopluk Čech
Jan Zelenka
František Palacký
Václav Plavec
Mikoláš Aleš
Gabriel Hart
Karel Havlíček Borovský
František Beranský
Jindřich Mošna
J. Grafneter
Miroslav Tyrš
J. Rosenkranz
Josef Kajetán Tyl
V. Neuman
Jan Neruda
Maja Adamcová
matka
Marie Kratochvílová
dítko
Otakar Švec
legionář
Crew and creators
Production info
Original Title
České nebe
Czech Title
České nebe
English Title
Czech Heaven
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Film state
lost film
Genre
allegory, historical
Origin country
Austria-Hungary
Copyright
1918
Production Year
1918
Production specifications
date of censorship 28 December 1920
Premiere
premiere 23 November 1918 (kino Lucerna, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
11 min
Original length in metres
300 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,33
Colour
black & white
Sound
silent
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
without dialogue
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Intertitles languages
Czech
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
