Music in Colonnades

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1975

Production year

1975

Premiere

12 December 1975

Runtime

64 min

Director

Vladimír Sís

Genre

music

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Hudba kolonád

Czech title

Hudba kolonád

English title

Music in Colonnades

Summary

Vladimír Sís provided the motif and script for this 1975 commemorative film about fictional magician Vili Brod from Karlovy Vary. The film presents the recollections of another illusionist Richard, who is performing at a contemporary international magicians’ festival, and transports the film’s audience to the times when Vili was entertaining the West Bohemian spa city. Vili’s story spans the period from 1926 to 1938 and presents the life of an artist in a difficult relationship with his ambitious mistress, Vilma, as well as the changing times. His decline from a once popular and confident illusionist to a pitiful clown goes hand in hand with historical events as the slow-paced life in the spa is disturbed by the arrival of Nazi occupation forces... The mosaic-like narrative is interspersed with clips of documentary and feature films relating to Karlovy Vary. The part of Vili was given to popular actor Jiří Hrzán while Miroslav Horníček provided the film’s ironic and detached commentary on the period’s events.

Synopsis

At the international magicians' festival in Carlsbad Richard shows a number of the famous magician Vili Brod, who stayed in Carlsbad from 1926 to 1938. In these times the time went slowly and easily and the guests of the world-known spa did not want to know anything about the restless world outside the spa. Vili and his partner Vilma make their number Twelve exchanges - twelve springs - twelve cups - twelve roses every night in the hall of the Varieté Orfeus better and better. One night he fails in his show and both artists are fired. Fortunately they can stay at Vili's friend Fi, who is a photographer. The superficial Vilma craves for a better life. She fails to be a film star. She comes back to Vili for a short time, who got work in the cafe Korzo. After she meets a maharaja she leaves him forever. As if good luck flew away with Vilma, Vili becomes a sad clown and in the end he works with his friend in a suburb cinema. But the city changes as well. Groups of German troublemakers are marching through the streets, destroying shops, swastikas appear, the romantic spa music is deafen by speeches of Konrad Henlein and later also of Adolf Hitler. Vili Brod leaves, the auditorium and the stage is prepared for other performances. - Richard's performance is over and he wins the best award - The Vili Brod Prize.

Photos

Milan Bajgar

člen Černého divadla

Zora Kořínková

členka Černého divadla

Hana Lamková

členka Černého divadla

Josef Podsedník

člen Černého divadla

Vladimír Staněk

člen Černého divadla

Jaroslava Zelenková

členka Černého divadla

J. Dubský

dubl za Jiřího Hrzána – manipulátor

Commentary

Miroslav Horníček

Crew and creators

Unit Production Manager

Vlasta Synkulová, Jaroslav Vágner

Unit Production Manager

Tomáš Baloun

Consultant

Věra Sochorová, dr. Karel Nejdl

Cooperation

Alexandra Tompichová (klapka), Jiří Kučera (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Zdeněk Liška

Music Performed by

FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)

Songs

Dobrý den, růže

Song Composer Zdeněk Liška
Writer of Lyrics Vladimír Sís
Singer Jana JonášováAleš UlmVladimír Doležal

Tak konec všech kouzel

Song Composer Zdeněk Liška
Writer of Lyrics Vladimír Sís
Singer Jana Břežková [dab]Věra Nerušilová

Moje pomsta, pane

Song Composer Zdeněk Liška
Writer of Lyrics Vladimír Sís
Singer Jana Jonášová

Jenom krátké ohlédnutí

Song Composer Zdeněk Liška
Writer of Lyrics Vladimír Sís
Singer Věra Nerušilová

Biograf

Song Composer Zdeněk Liška
Writer of Lyrics Vladimír Sís
Singer Věra Nerušilová

Vítej, kníže kouzelníků

Song Composer Zdeněk Liška
Writer of Lyrics Vladimír Sís
Singer sbor

Hvězdy ve Splitu nad mořem /Daleko me moj Split/

Song Composer Ivo Tijardović
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Voldán
Singer Jára Pospíšil

Mahárádžiáda

Song Composer Zdeněk Liška
Writer of Lyrics Vladimír Sís
Singer Věra Nerušilová

Production info

Original Title

Hudba kolonád

Czech Title

Hudba kolonád

English Title

Music in Colonnades

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

music

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1975

Production Year

1975

Production specifications

withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1986

Premiere

premiere 12 December 1975 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 27 December 1975 /suitable for youths/ (kino Paříž, Praha)

Production

Filmové studio Barrandov

Copyright Holders

Státní fond kinematografie

Studio

bez ateliérů

Distribution

Ústřední půjčovna filmů

Creative Group

Dramaturgická skupina Miloše Brože, Miloš Brož (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny)

Sales

Národní filmový archiv, Obchodní oddělení

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

64 min

Original length in metres

1 807 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

Music in Colonnades

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Copyright

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Premiere

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Director

Category

Genre

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Original title

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Summary

Synopsis

Photos

Cast

Josef Fajta

Ladislav Blažek

J. Krejčí

Josef Danda

V. Marek

E. Stebel

Jiří Suchý (2)

J. Ouřada

B. Janstová

J. Dorňák

Václav Benda

Vl. Hátle

Otto Havel

Z. Mayerhöfer

M. Nachtman

St. Nachtman

M. Osvald

Jiří Pícha

Petr Pátek

A. Tvrdík

J. Zemčák

D. Benešová

Z. Fusová

Z. Houžvičková

Miloš Hojda

O. Kosinová

J. Klusoň

Jiří Kuboš

Miloslava Landsfeldová

Pavla Landsfeldová

Karel Landsfeld

Zdeněk Landsfeld

St. Matoušek

D. Radovaničová

T. Sádlová

P. Stavinoha

F. Šrejma

Černé divadlo Hany a Josefa Lamkových

Milan Bajgar

Zora Kořínková

Josef Podsedník

Vladimír Staněk

J. Dubský

Commentary

Crew and creators

Director

Second Unit Director

Continuity

Screenstory

Screenplay

Shooting Script

Dramaturg

Director of Photography

Second Unit Photography

Camera Operator

Production Designer

Assistent Production Designer

Set Designer

Costume Designer

Costumes

Make-Up Artist

Film Editor

Assistant Film Editor