Josef Kajetán Tyl
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1925Production year
1925Premiere
29 January 1926Runtime
130 minDirector
Svatopluk InnemannCategory
filmGenre
drama, biographyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Josef Kajetán TylCzech title
Josef Kajetán TylEnglish title
Josef Kajetán TylParallel title
Za slávou hereckou / Kde domov můj?Synopsis
A biographical film describing the life and work of the revivalist Josef Kajetán Tyl whose activities centred on the theatre and the endeavour to awaken the Czech nation. As a small boy he lived in Kutná Hora from where he moved to Prague to study with the help of his friend, Father Herzán. Ten years later Tyl is surrounded by people who would remain friends for life, he travels through the provinces as a touring actor. Magda Forchheimova, an actress, enters his life, to whom he is bound by gratitude but he cannot love her for his heart belongs to her younger sister Anna, also an actress. Tyl establishes a Czech theatre in the Kajetán house. He writes his famous "Fidlovačka" in which the Škroup's song "Where is my home" ("Kde domov můj"), the future Czech national anthem is heard . Tyl becomes an editor for periodicals, he directs a performance at the Stavovské divadlo and dreams of the National Theatre. He is expelled from Prague for his patriotic views by the Austrian authorities, he then works in the country and helps found the amateur theatre groups. He travels through the Czech countryside as a destitute man and dies in Plzeň after a serious illness.
Note
Artistic adviser: the painter Josef Wenig.
Photos
Cast
Zdeněk Štěpánek
herec a dramatik Josef Kajetán Tyl
Helena Friedlová
Magdalena Forchheimová, Tylova žena
Zdena Kavková
herečka Anna Forchheimová-Rajská
Ludvík Veverka
herec Jan Erazim Voříšek
Jan W. Speerger
novinář a spisovatel Karel Havlíček Borovský
Václav Vydra ml.
básník Karel Hynek Mácha
Vladimír Řepa
kněz Boleslav Jablonský
Antonín Kandert
František Ladislav Čelakovský
Miroslav Innemann
Karel Sabina
Karel Lamač
František Palacký
A. V. Frič
skladatel František Škroup
Jindřich Edl
František Ladislav Rieger
Karel Kolár
herec Josef Jiří Kollár
PhDr. Jan Port
spisovatel Karel Rubáš
Josef Wenig
básník Kalina
Marta Májová
spisovatelka Božena Němcová
Jarmila Vacková
Eleonora Šomková, Máchova snoubenka
Marie Ptáková
Tillová, matka Josefa Kajetána Tyla
Přemysl Pražský
Till, otec Josefa Kajetána Tyla
Václav Kysilka
profous Kröpfel
K. Erben
Tyl v dětství
Alois Charvát
MUDr. Smetana
Svatopluk Innemann
divadelní ředitel Jan Nepomuk Štěpánek
Karel Třešňák
herec Prokop
Antonín Strnad
herec Čížek
Vladimír Majer
herec Krumlovský
Karel Hruška
herec Kaška
Bronislava Livia
herečka Manetínská
Josef Wanderer
ředitel kočovné společnosti Hilmer
Josef Oliak
páter Herzán
Bonda Szynglarski
taneční mistr
Otto Zahrádka
kníže Windischgrätz
Hugo Haas
hrabě Šlik
Karel Šrámek
hrabě Kolowrat
František Havel
místodržící
Karel Fiala
dr. Trojan
Jan Richter
Sonnenschein
Vladimír Smíchovský
četník
František Hlavatý
farář
Betty Kysilková
farářova hospodyně
Míla Pačová
dáma na plese
Antonín Frič
intendant
Jan Marek
Havlíčkův průvodce v Německém Brodě
Jindřich Lhoták
šlechtic
Jindřich Adolf
kancelářský sluha
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Josef Ladislav Turnovský (Život a působení J. K. Tyla – esej)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Consultant
akademický malíř Josef Wenig (umělecký poradce)
Music
Choreographer
Production info
Original Title
Josef Kajetán Tyl
Czech Title
Josef Kajetán Tyl
English Title
Josef Kajetán Tyl
Parallel Title
Za slávou hereckou / Kde domov můj?
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama, biography
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1925
Production Year
1925
Production specifications
date of censorship 01/1925 (kulturně-výchovný)
Premiere
premiere 29 January 1926 /suitable for youths/ (kina Orient /2 týdny/ a Radio /2 týdny/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
130 min
Original length in metres
3 700 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,33
Colour
tinting, black & white
Sound
silent
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
without dialogue
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Intertitles languages
Czech
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
