Oratorio for Prague

Country

United States of America

Copyright

1968

Production year

1968

Runtime

30 min

Director

Jan Němec

Category

film

Genre

political

Typology

foreign filmdocumentarynon-theatrical distributionshort

Original title

Oratorio for Prague

Czech title

Oratorium pro Prahu

English title

Oratorio for Prague

Working title

Návrat / Jaro 68 / Hot Summer Week in Prague

Commentary

Gene Moskowitz

Self-appearance

Alexander Dubček

Josef Smrkovský

Oldřich Černík

Čestmír Císař

Zdeněk Mlynář

Nicolae Ceaușescu

Walter Ulbricht

Alexej Kosygin

Crew and creators

Director

Jan Němec

Assistant Director

Peter Hledík

Director of Photography

Stanislav Szomolányi (léto 1968), Vladimír Vízner (srpen 1968), Rudolf Slezák (srpen 1968)

Producer

Miles Glaser, Claude Berri (dokončení a uvedení), Jean-Pierre Rassam (dokončení a uvedení)

Music

Music Composed by

Ladislav Štaidl

Music Performed by

Rudolf Rokl, Ladislav Štaidl

Songs

We are children of Dubčen /parafráze We Shall Overcome/

Singer sbor

Šema Jisra'el

Singer mužský hlas

Locations

Praha, Plzeň, Karlovy Vary, Slovensko, Bratislava (Slovensko)

Production info

Original Title

Oratorio for Prague

Czech Title

Oratorium pro Prahu

English Title

Oratorio for Prague

Working Title

Návrat / Jaro 68 / Hot Summer Week in Prague

Category

film

Typology

foreign filmdocumentarynon-theatrical distribution

Genre

political

Origin country

United States of America

Copyright

1968

Production Year

1968

Premiere

original premiere 28 September 1968 (Philharmonic Hall, New York, USA)

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

30 min

Original length in metres

850 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm, DCP 2-D

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

English

Dialogue languages

Czech, commentary, English

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

English