Orpheus and Eurydice
Category
filmGenre
operaTypology
animatedtheatrical distributionFilm state
partially realised projectOriginal title
Orfeus a EurydikaCzech title
Orfeus a EurydikaEnglish title
Orpheus and EurydiceParallel title
Orfeo ed EuridiceProtectorate parallel title
Orpheus und EurydikeSummary
Unfinished film.
Synopsis
An attempt at an animated adaptation of the opera of the same name by Ch.W. Gluck.
Note
The film was never finished for the difficulty. After nearly four years, the work on the picture was stopped in 1943. Only its fragment has survived.
Photos
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Based on
Ranieri de’ Calzabigi (Orfeus a Eurydika /Orfeo ed Euridice/ – libreto opery), Christoph Willibald Gluck (Orfeus a Eurydika /Orfeo ed Euridice/ – opera)
Director of Photography
Art Director
kolektiv AFIT
Animation
kolektiv AFIT
Production Manager
Cooperation
kolektiv AFIT, Jaroslav Balvín, Eduard Hofman, Stanislav Látal, Antonín Minář, Jiří Brdečka, Jaroslav Kándl, Karel Štrebl, Josef Vácha, Jaroslav Doubrava, Bohuslav Šrámek
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Christoph Willibald Gluck (Orfeus a Eurydika – opera)
Music Performed by
Česká filharmonie (Music Conducted by Václav Talich)
Songs
Orfeus a Eurydika
Song Composer Christoph Willibald Gluck
Writer of Lyrics Ranieri de’ Calzabigi
Singer Beno Blachut /Orfeus/Jan Konstantin /starý žebrák/Vlasta Urbanová
Production info
Original Title
Orfeus a Eurydika
Czech Title
Orfeus a Eurydika
English Title
Orpheus and Eurydice
Parallel Title
Orfeo ed Euridice
Protectorate Parallel Title
Orpheus und Eurydike
Category
film
Typology
animatedtheatrical distribution
Film state
partially realised project
Genre
opera
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1943
Production Year
1940—1943
Production specifications
date of censorship (nepředloženo cenzuře)
Premiere
premiere (neproběhla)
Distribution slogan
no caption
Production
Copyright Holders
Laboratories
Technical info
Distribution carrier
35mm
Animation technique
cartoon
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Versions
Czech, German
Dialogue languages
Czech, without dialogue, German, sung
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech, German
