Appassionata
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1959Production year
1958Premiere
2 October 1959Runtime
75 minDirector
Jiří WeissCategory
filmGenre
drama, psychologicalTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Taková láskaCzech title
Taková láskaEnglish title
AppassionataSynopsis
Law student Lída Matysová enters an empty apartment. She tries to make a phone-call but the line has been cut off. Lída turns the gas on fully and lies down to die. A man wearing a judge's gown appears in the room and starts asking Lída and people close to her questions, which should clarify why the young woman decided to solve her situation in such a tragic way. In Brno, some five years ago, Lída used to go out with Petr Petrus but their relationship broke up when the girl moved to Prague with her mother. Senior lecturer Petrus got married and had a son. Lída became engaged to the engineer Stibor after some time. On the day before Lída's wedding, the ex-lovers meet at the Faculty of Law, where Petr has come to teach. The old love burns again and Lída doesn't make it to her wedding. Everyone is shocked by this relationship of a married man with his own student. Lída parts with Stibor who, through his mother, causes a scandal at the Faculty. Lída's mother goes looking for Petrus's wife in Brno and brings her to Prague. Petrus, who doesn't want to lose his child, stops supporting Lída. The man in the gown persuades Lída to think it all over. The stupefied girl staggers towards the window; it is already too late.
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Cast
Marie Tomášová
studentka Lída Matysová
Vladimír Ráž
docent JUDr. Petr Petrus
Svatopluk Matyáš
Ing. Milan Stibor, Lídin snoubenec
Miloš Nedbal
soudce v taláru
Jarmila Smejkalová
rentgenoložka MUDr. Lída Petrusová
Jiřina Šejbalová
Milada Matysová, Lídina matka
Marie Vášová
Vendulka Stiborová, Milanova matka
Alena Kreuzmannová
studentka Majka, Lídina kamarádka
Felix le Breux
operní tenor Otomar, manžel Lídiny
Bedřich Karen
děkan právnické fakulty
František Vnouček
poslanec profesor Drvota
Taťána Vavřincová
sekretářka
František Miška
dr. Král, Petrův přítel
Miloš Nesvadba
student-šprýmař
Milka Balek-Brodská
správcová
Rudolf Princ
strýc Rudolf Vaněk
Elena Hálková
teta, Vaňkova žena
Vladimír Klemens
vrchní v kavárně
Fanda Mrázek
vedoucí květinářství
Josef Bláha
poslanec
František Šlégr
hlídač v parku
Miroslav Svoboda
ceremoniář na radnici
Hermína Vojtová
žena na nádraží
Josef Příhoda
muž na nádraží
Vítězslav Černý
divák na hokeji
Oldřich Daněk
divák na hokeji
Jiří Krampol
student
Zuzana Fišárková
studentka
Václav Wasserman
divák
Jiří Weiss
divák koncertu
Stanislav Langer
profesor
Gabriela Bártlová-Buddeusová
sousedka
Josef Steigl
soused
Blažena Kramešová
prodavačka v květinářství
Věra Schubertová
studentka
Karla Chadimová
dívka v tramvaji
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Zdenka Pešulová, René Mattes
Based on
Pavel Kohout (Taková láska – divadelní hra)
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Special Effects
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Cooperation
Ota Janeček (umělecká spolupráce), Karel Ješátko (fotograf)
Music
Selected Music
Ludwig van Beethoven (Sonáta f moll /Appassionata/), Georges Bizet (Carmen /árie Květinová – Květ onen z ruky tvé/)
Music Performed by
Songs
Život je jen náhoda
Song Composer Jaroslav Ježek
Production info
Original Title
Taková láska
Czech Title
Taková láska
English Title
Appassionata
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama, psychological
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1959
Production Year
1958
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 12 March 1958
start of filming 24 July 1958
technical Screenplay approved 12 August 1958
end of filming 10 December 1958
projection approval 28 April 1959
withdrawal from distribution 19 April 1973
Premiere
preview 30 May 1959 (kino Sevastopol, Praha /jednorázové uvedení v rámci Přehlídky nových českých filmů/)
preview 25 September 1959 (kino Sevastopol /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 2 October 1959 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Jalta /4 týdny/, Flora /1 týden/, Mír /1 týden/, Oko /1 týden/, Revoluce /1 týden/, Svornost /1 týden/, Vzlet /1 týden/ a Arbes /1 týden od 23. 10./, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Feix – Daniel, František Daniel (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Karel Feix (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
75 min
Original length in metres
2 149 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
Awards
Vítěz
Festival: 10. filmový festival pracujících
1959
22 měst / Czechoslovakia
Marie Tomášová
Vítěz
Event: 1. soutěž o nejlepší filmovou fotografii roku 1958
1958
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Karel Ješátko
