The Heroic Captain Korkoran
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1934Production year
1934Premiere
24 August 1934Runtime
94 minDirector
Miroslav CikánCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Hrdinný kapitán KorkoranCzech title
Hrdinný kapitán KorkoranEnglish title
The Heroic Captain KorkoranProtectorate parallel title
Der heldenhafte Kapitän KorkoranSummary
Miroslav Cikán made his forceful debut as a director in 1933, and as soon as the following year he had created five feature films. This comedy featuring Vlasta Burian – one of the popular actors regularly cast by Cikán – was one of those five. In the feature, the popular comedian embodies the captain of a ferryboat on the Vltava river, Adam Korkoran, who sees his dream come true during a visit to a spa resort: he has always desired to be the rich commanding officer of a transoceanic ship. The risky game that sees a common Czech man pretending to be a man of the world – a habitual theme in Burian’s films – leads to Korkoran’s ascent on the social scale, rather than ending up in disaster. Jiřina Štěpničková, Theodor Pištěk and Burian’s favourite adversary, Jaroslav Marvan, also appeared in this Cikán’s motion picture.
Synopsis
Adam Korkoran, the captain of a Prague boat company, lives in his dreams of commanding ocean-going vessels although in reality he travels only with a small steamer along the Vltava. The company's director has continual problems with him, and therefore when Korkoran refuses to go into retirement he sends him at least to a spa. At the train station in Poděbrady, however, an attendant of the most expensive spa hotel mistakenly carries off his suitcase with the luggage of a wealthy lady. And so it happens that Korkoran is taken for the captain of a corvette and a wealthy man. The man, bedazzled by the luxury, makes friends with a retired admiral and begins to play-act with the spa guests and with himself. He is even proclaimed the most favourite guest of the season. When he runs low on money he writes his housekeeper to send him all of his savings. The fearful woman decides to go to Korkoran and thus the truth comes to light. The crushed captain goes home and waits for a dismissal notice from work, but it turns out that the owner of the company is his friend the admiral. Korkoran is named chief inspector and he marries his housekeeper.
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Cast
Vlasta Burian
kapitán vltavské paroplavby Adam Korkoran/kapitán pirátů z románu
Milada Smolíková
vdova Broniková, kantýnská na parníku
Jiřina Štěpničková
Irena Svobodová, vdova po soudním radovi
Čeněk Šlégl
penzionovaný admirál Piacci
Theodor Pištěk
majitel detektivního ústavu Dlouhý
Helena Scharffová
Heda, Piacciho neteř
Bohumil Mottl
letecký konstruktér Vláďa, syn Bronikové
Jaroslav Marvan
Pačes, inspektor paroplavební společnosti
Josef Kotalík
ředitel paroplavební společnosti
Ladislav Hemmer
tajemník paroplavební společnosti
Karel Němec
portýr v hotelu
Světla Svozilová
Kamila, pokojská v hotelu
Josef Waltner
ředitel hotelu
Eman Fiala
Vojta, topič na parníku/pirát z románu
Karel Postranecký
Balvan, strojník na parníku/pirát z románu
Jan W. Speerger
plavčík na parníku/pirát z románu
F. X. Mlejnek
Konstantin, lodník na parníku/pirát z románu
Věkoslav Satoria
lodník na parníku/pirát z románu
Jan Marek
host v kantýně
Václav Menger
učitel se školním výletem
Josef Vošalík
krejčí v lázních
Karel Šilhánek
úředník v lázeňské informační kanceláři
Alois Dvorský
mluvčí kroužku stálých lázeňských hostů
Antonín Holzinger
mluvčí sboru dobrovolných hasičů
Anna Švarcová
mluvčí svazu Probouzejících se Poděbradek
Nita Romanečová
host v lázních
Oldřich Kovář
host v lázních
Bohdan Lachman
host v lázních
Doďa Pražský
zřízenec v hotelu
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Josef Dobeš)
Songs
Kapitán Korkoran
Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav Mottl
Singer Vlasta BurianSetleřisbor
Když jsem sloužil u maríny (pochod)
Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav Mottl
Singer Vlasta BurianSetleřisbor
Production info
Original Title
Hrdinný kapitán Korkoran
Czech Title
Hrdinný kapitán Korkoran
English Title
The Heroic Captain Korkoran
Protectorate Parallel Title
Der heldenhafte Kapitän Korkoran
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1934
Production Year
1934
Production specifications
start of filming 22 May 1934 (ateliéry)
end of filming 6 June 1934 (ateliéry)
date of censorship 08/1934
date of censorship 05/1940
date of censorship 9 May 1941 (konec povolení k promítání 31. 3. 1942)
date of censorship 15 June 1942 (konec povolení k promítání 30. 6. 1943)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
Premiere
premiere 24 August 1934 /suitable for youths/ (kina Adria /4 týdny/ a Světozor /3 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 05/1940 /suitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Elekta (původní 1934 a obnovená 1940)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
94 min
Original length in metres
2 675 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
