The Poetry of the Fair

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1948

Production year

1947

Runtime

19 min

Director

Hugo Huška

Category

film

Genre

feuilleton

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Poesie pouti

Czech title

Poesie pouti

English title

The Poetry of the Fair

Synopsis

Two men thread their way through the crowd at the fairground, a student and a poet. The merry student immediately finds a girl and they spend their time trying out all the various attractions. The poet sorrowfully dreams about the beautiful wax doll at the wax museum. In the end both men are left on their own. The student's female companion disappears into one of the caravans.

Cast

Josef Kemr

student Josef Kemr

Josef Chvalina

básník Josef Chvalina

Květa Vlachová

dívka Květa Vlachová

Carlini

kouzelník

Commentary

Crew and creators

Director

Hugo Huška

Screenstory

Hugo Huška

Screenplay

Hugo Huška

Commentary by

Vítězslav Nezval

Director of Photography

Bohumil Vích

Production Manager

František Utěšil

Music

Music Composed by

Milivoj Uzelac

Production info

Original Title

Poesie pouti

Czech Title

Poesie pouti

English Title

The Poetry of the Fair

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

feuilleton

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1948

Production Year

1947

Production specifications

date of censorship 28 July 1948 (konec povolení k promítání 28. 7. 1953)

Premiere

premiere 1948 /suitable for youths/

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Creative Group

Výrobní skupina Františka Utěšila, František Utěšil (šéf výrobní skupiny)

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

19 min

Original length in metres

526 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech