Moon over the River
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1953Production year
1952—1953Premiere
28 August 1953Runtime
104 minDirector
Václav KrškaCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Měsíc nad řekouCzech title
Měsíc nad řekouEnglish title
Moon over the RiverSynopsis
Jan Hlubina lives a contented easy life with his wife and daughter Slávka in a house which looks out onto a romantic river. Hlubina was once the best and most talented student at grammar school. After graduation, however, he fell ill and had to abandon his plans for a career and opt instead for a mundane job in a stationer's shop which his wife arranged for him. Jan's peaceful life is disturbed by a planned graduates' meeting attended also by his best friend Roškot accompanied by his son Vilík. In the evening the Hlubinas and Roškot set off for the former students' party. While Hlubina expresses his resignation to his fate and recalls the beauty of his eternal memories of youth, Vilík meets up with Slávka in the Hlubina's flat. The young couple are affected by the suggestive magic of the summer evening bathed in moonlight. Slávka, however, will not allow herself nor Vilík to succumb to their awakening passion. Thanks to Slávka, everyone takes their leave in the morning in a mood of prudence and reconciliation.
Photos
Cast
Zdeněk Štěpánek
papírník Jan Hlubina
Zdeňka Baldová
Hlubinová, papírníkova žena
Dana Medřická
Slávka, dcera Hlubinových
Jiří Plachý
Josef Roškot, Hlubinův kamarád
Eduard Cupák
Vilík, Roškotův syn
Blanka Waleská
Růženka Pavlátová
Václav Vydra ml.
učitel Karel Brožík
Eman Fiala
rybář Pečárka
Helena Krtičková
vdova Lacinová
Světla Svozilová
švadlena Amálka Stárková
Ela Poznerová
švadlena Julinka Stárková
Antonín Kandert
abiturient s dortem
František Kreuzmann
abiturient s páskou na oku
Marie Rosůlková
manželka abiturienta
Vojta Novák
abiturient děkan
Marta Májová
manželka abiturienta
Antonín Soukup
abiturient Frantík
Bedřich Veverka
abiturient
Rudolf Walter
abiturient velebníček
Martin Skyba
chlapec v obchodě
Antonín Vilský
abiturient
Karel Kocourek
abiturient
Slávka Rosenbergová
sousedka Hlubinových
Gabriela Bártlová-Buddeusová
manželka abiturienta
Commentary
Zdeněk Štěpánek
recitace úvodní básně
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Fráňa Šrámek (Měsíc nad řekou – divadelní hra)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Cooperation
Karel Ješátko (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Milivoj Uzelac)
Songs
Když jsem já šel tou Putimskou branou
Song Composer lidová píseň
Writer of Lyrics lidová píseň
Singer Zdeněk ŠtěpánekJiří PlachýDana Medřická
Gaudeamus igitur
Singer sbor
Ó, Velvary
Singer Zdeněk Štěpánek
Šly panenky silnicí
Singer Zdeněk ŠtěpánekJiří Plachý
Ta naše hospoda
Singer Zdeněk ŠtěpánekJiří Plachý
Písecký hodiny
Singer Zdeněk ŠtěpánekJiří Plachý
Production info
Original Title
Měsíc nad řekou
Czech Title
Měsíc nad řekou
English Title
Moon over the River
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
melodrama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1953
Production Year
1952—1953
Production specifications
start of filming 31 October 1952
the first film copy approved 13 March 1953
date of censorship 8 April 1953 (konec povolení k promítání 8. 4. 1958)
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1991
Premiere
premiere 28 August 1953 /suitable for youths/ (kina Alfa /1 týden/, Blaník /2 týdny/, Lucerna /5 týdnů/, Aero /1 týden od 4. 9./, Arbes /1 týden od 11. 9./, Oko /1 týden od 11. 9./, Kyjev /1 týden od 18. 9./, Revoluce /1 týden od 18. 9./, Bystrica /1 týden od 25. 9./, Moskva /2 týdny od 2. 10./, Dukla /1 týden od 2. 10./ a Odboj /1 týden od 2. 10./, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
104 min
Original length in metres
2 963 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
Awards
Vítěz
Event: Státní ceny za rok 1953
1954
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Jiří Srnka
