The Blizzard
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1962Production year
1961—1962Premiere
9 November 1962Runtime
81 minDirector
Čeněk DubaCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
VániceCzech title
VániceEnglish title
The BlizzardSynopsis
Eva talks her boyfriend Tonda into a skiing trip in the Giant Mountains, but her constant attempts at ruling Tonda's future result in a quarrel between the two. Eva joins some other skiers and leaves Tonda, who cannot ski at all, on a mountain ridge. The whole town of Špindlerův Mlýn is preparing for a big carnival, including the members of the mountain rescue service. One of them, Jarda Materna, is just about to leave the team and move to Liberec. Materna loves the mountains but cannot overcome the phobia he has suffered from for two years, since the day he got buried in an avalanche. He is a postman by profession and today is the day of his last shift. The weather changes abruptly and, in the sudden tempest and blizzard, the mountain rescue service announces a public curfew. A group of students nevertheless decides to attend the carnival and loses its way in the mist. There are still other people missing, and a rescue team sets off into the blizzard. Eva is already safe but realizes her mistake and goes with Materna to find Tonda. They discover him, exhausted, wounded in his leg and almost buried under snow. Eventually, the devoted members of the team succeed to rescue all the missing. Materna, who managed to overcome his phobia in the dangerous action, decides to stay in the mountains.
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Cast
Ivo Palec
řidič Tonda Košař
Zuzana Fišárková
ošetřovatelka Eva, Tondova dívka
Josef Mixa
listonoš Jarda Materna
Michaela Bendová
Maternova žena
Vladimír Menšík
lékárník Evžen, člen Horské služby
Slávka Budínová
lékárnice Lálinka, Evženova žena
Josef Hlinomaz
Tonda Hrachovec, chatař Na Pláni
Věra Kalendová
Hrachovcova žena
Rudolf Jelínek
číšník, člen Horské služby
Miloš Preininger
Outrata, chatař V Zátiší
Karel Hlušička
tajemník MNV, člen Horské služby
Gustav Nezval
Kódl, chatař na Výrovce
Jarmila Švabíková
Kódlova žena
Ferdinand Krůta
chatař na Klínovce
Božena Obrová
chatařova žena
Miloš Vavruška
Béda Šubrt, člen Horské služby
Miroslav Rous
radista Horské služby
Miroslav Bílek
poštmistr
Ladislav Vaněk
Dlouhý
Jana Vaňková
studentka Jana
Jitka Zelenohorská
studentka Nina
Milan Janda
student Slávek
Alena Procházková
studentka Olina
Jiří Mikeš
Voice by Petr Kostka
student Pešina
Petr Patera
student Honza
Petr Novák
student Hanousek
Martin Vačkář
student Jůla
Bohuslav Sýkora
Čermák, náčelník Horské služby
Jindřich Hartmann
Voice by Jiří Bruder
Melan, vousatý člen Horské služby
Waldemar Matuška
kytarista
Světla Svozilová
úřednice na poště
Jana Werichová
úřednice na poště
Eva Mrázová
Lili Horáková
Karel Hábl
mladý inženýr Olda, Liliin milenec
Pavla Maršálková
průvodčí autobusu
Ivo Gübel
dýchavičný muž
Mirko Musil
pekař
Hana Pastejříková
studentka
Jaroslav Hovorka (2)
Krakonoš
Bohuš Hrádek
řidič autobusu
Emil Rohan
meteorolog
Jaroslav Lejčko
lanovkář
Vladimír Klapka
Pepa
Dagmar Felixová
Pařízková
Miroslav Samek
Pařízek
Antonín Kubový
úředník
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Petr Freistadt, Věra Plívová-Šimková
Assistant Director
Viktor Karásek, Jana Riegelová
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Václav Till
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Jan Petrů, Jan Štrébl
Costume Designer
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Adolf Böhm, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Special Effects
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Ladislav Dražan
Consultant
Otakar Štětka
Cooperation
Vilma Hovorková (klapka), Karel Šebík (fotograf), Horská služba Krkonoše
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček), Orchestr Karla Vlacha (Music Conducted by Karel Vlach)
Songs
Potkal potkan potkana /parafráze Dvacet stupňů pod nulou/
Song Composer Jiří Šlitr
Writer of Lyrics Pavel Kopta
Singer Waldemar Matuškasbor
Kdo jsi se narodil
Singer Vladimír Menšík
Production info
Original Title
Vánice
Czech Title
Vánice
English Title
The Blizzard
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1962
Production Year
1961—1962
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 17 May 1961
technical Screenplay approved 26 October 1961
start of filming 27 November 1961
end of filming 13 May 1962
projection approval 11 September 1962
withdrawal from distribution 30 June 1972
Premiere
preview 26 October 1962 (kino Sevastopol /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 2 November 1962 /suitable for youths/ (kina Paříž /3 týdny/, Arbes /1 týden/, Flora /1 týden/, Morava /1 týden/, Oko /1 týden/, Radost /1 týden/, Dukla /1 týden od 9. 11./, Mír /1 týden od 16. 11./ a Bystrica /1 týden od 30. 11./, Praha)
premiere 9 November 1962 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Šebor – Bor, Vladimír Bor (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Jiří Šebor (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
81 min
Original length in metres
2 300 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
