Singing that Did Not Die Out

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1962

Production year

1962

Runtime

13 min

Category

film

Genre

étude, historical

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Zpěv který nezemřel

Czech title

Zpěv který nezemřel

English title

Singing that Did Not Die Out

Synopsis

A former concentration camp prisoner returns to places where, long time ago, people suffered and died. He recalls his memories of young teacher Hana whom one of the officers forced to sing and eventually shot dead. The officer, however, did not succeed in silencing all the voices.

Cast

Valtr Taub

německý důstojník

Květa Fialová

židovská učitelka Hana Kleinová, vězeňkyně

Jiří Kodet

německý voják

Dubbing

Václav Voska

hlas bývalého vězně v komentáři

Crew and creators

Based on

Heinrich Böll (povídka)

Director of Photography

Jaroslav Franta

Sound Designer

Oldřich Tichý

Production Manager

Jan Kratochvíl, Jana Kresslová

Pedagogical management

Václav Wasserman (režie), Jiří Lehovec, Jan Kališ (kamera), Josef Dobřichovský (střih), Bohumil Šmída (produkce), František A. Dvořák (scénář)

Music

Music Composed by

Josef Ceremuga

Production info

Original Title

Zpěv který nezemřel

Czech Title

Zpěv který nezemřel

English Title

Singing that Did Not Die Out

Category

film

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

étude, historical

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1962

Production Year

1962

Production

Studio FAMU

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

13 min

Original length in metres

367 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,66

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech, German

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech