In the cutting room of the Barrandov film studios in Prague, an actor tells a story which indeed occurred in the second half-1920s. The owner of a Prague film distributor and astute swindler named Buday duped the village parish priest Žehour, manager of the local cinema, selling him a reportedly remarkable movie under the title The Destruction of Jerusalem, which in fact an old film called The Rose of Jericho. He managed to wheedle advance money from him, drinking it up with colleagues of his lot in the local pub. The next morning, he confessed his sin to the parish priest and comforted the enraged priest, telling him this victory was granted to him by Providence.
Buday, majitel filmové půjčovny Spirala film
farář Žehour
Jelínek, zástupce filmové společnosti Paramount
Tuháček, zástupce filmové společnosti Ufa
kostelník Kaštánek
hostinský
vozka
host v hostinci
herec-vypravěč
střihač na Barrandově
režisér na Barrandově
Karel Steklý (Prodavači stínů – povídka /vyšla v Plamenu č. 1, 1965/)
Johann Strauss ml. (Cikánský baron – opereta)
Song Composer Johann Strauss ml.
Singer Miloš Kopecký
Zkáza Jeruzaléma
Zkáza Jeruzaléma
The Destruction of Jerusalem
film
featuretheatrical distribution
comedy
Czechoslovakia
1964
1964
literary Screenplay approved 20 July 1964
technical Screenplay approved 26 August 1964
start of filming 7 October 1964
end of filming 14 November 1964
projection approval 17 December 1964
premiere 2 July 1965 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 2 July 1965 /suitable for youths/ (kina Metro /5 týdnů/ a Hvězda /3 týdny od 16. 7./, Praha)
Tvůrčí skupina Šebor – Bor, Vladimír Bor (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Jiří Šebor (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
medium length film
33 min
930 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,37
colour, black & white
sound
mono
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech