Lark's Song
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1933Production year
1933Premiere
18 August 1933Runtime
86 minDirector
Svatopluk InnemannCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Skřivánčí píseňCzech title
Skřivánčí píseňEnglish title
Lark's SongWorking title
Oblaka / MájaSynopsis
Petr Kocián leaves the seminary to visit his mother in the south Bohemian village Bránov. His uncle, a parish priest, and his mother still wonder if Petr really wants to enter the priesthood. The famous diva Mája Zemanová is revisiting the area and is received at the local chateau. She meets Petr and they remember how they played together as children. Petr falls in love with Mája. Mother notices that Petr is changing and falls ill. A family friend, the doctor Votava, speaks to Mája and persuades her to leave. Petr is set to return to the seminary but at the railway station he resolves to follow Mája to Prague. He goes to look for her at the theatre where she is singing Carmen. Mája wins rapturous applause for her performance, and is happy to see Petr again. Petr's uncle is meanwhile searching for Petr because Petr's mother's health has further worsened. He sends a telegramme to the seminary and to the theatre where Mája is playing. Mája, to make parting from Petr easier, pretends her love was just flirtation. Petr goes home. Once his mother's health improves, he goes back to the seminary.
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Cast
Jarmila Novotná
zpěvačka Mája Zemanová, vlastním jménem Mája Preisová
Adolf Horálek
bohoslovec Petr Kocián
Hermína Fordová
Marijánka Kociánová, Petrova matka
František Smolík
farář Jan Matouš, bratr Marijánky
Jan W. Speerger
Don José v Carmen
Jiří Hron
vojín
Kamila Rosenkranzová
garderobiérka Tonka
Erno Košťál
dirigent v opeře
František Jerhot
inspicient
František Říha
divadelní šatnář
Robert Ford
divák v opeře
Ferdinand Jarkovský
divák v opeře
Bohdan Lachman
divák v opeře
Marie Novotná
divačka v opeře
Antonín Kandert
lékař Votava
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Jaroslav Kvapil (Oblaka – divadelní hra)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Costumes
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Bedřich Smetana (Hubička /Skřivánčí píseň/), Georges Bizet (Carmen /Habanera/)
Songs
Skřivánčí píseň
Song Composer Bedřich Smetana
Writer of Lyrics Eliška Krásnohorská
Singer Jarmila Novotná
Habanera
Song Composer Georges Bizet
Writer of Lyrics Henri MeilhacJacques Fromental Halévy
Singer Jarmila Novotná
Production info
Original Title
Skřivánčí píseň
Czech Title
Skřivánčí píseň
English Title
Lark's Song
Working Title
Oblaka / Mája
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
melodrama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1933
Production Year
1933
Production specifications
date of censorship 07/1933
date of censorship 08/1938 (konec povolení k promítání 1943)
withdrawal from distribution 05/1940
date of censorship 05/1940 (neschváleno do distribuce)
Premiere
premiere 18 August 1933 /suitable for youths/ (kino Alfa /3 týdny/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
86 min
Original length in metres
2 447 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,19
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Tobis – Klang
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
