The Highway Sings

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1937

Production year

1937

Runtime

4 min

Director

Elmar Klos

Category

film

Genre

avant-garde, promotional

Typology

documentarytheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Silnice zpívá

Czech title

Silnice zpívá

English title

The Highway Sings

Protectorate parallel title

Die Strasse singt

Crew and creators

Director

Elmar Klos

Screenstory

Elmar Klos

Screenplay

Elmar Klos

Director of Photography

Alexander Hackenschmied, Jan Lukas

Sound Designer

František Pilát

Music

Music Composed by

Bedřich Kerten

Songs

Silnice zpívá

Song Composer Bedřich Kerten
Writer of Lyrics K. M. Walló
Singer Inka Zemánkovámužský hlas

Locations

Zlín, Praha, Nové Město (Praha), Václavské náměstí (Nové Město)

Production info

Original Title

Silnice zpívá

Czech Title

Silnice zpívá

English Title

The Highway Sings

Protectorate Parallel Title

Die Strasse singt

Category

film

Typology

documentarytheatrical distribution

Genre

avant-garde, promotional

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1937

Production Year

1937

Production specifications

date of censorship 22 November 1937
date of censorship 02/1940
date of censorship 14 May 1943 (16mm verze)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945

Premiere

premiere 11/1937 /suitable for youths/
renewed premiere 05/1943 /suitable for youths/ (16mm verze)

Production

FAB Zlín

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

FAB Zlín (původní 1937), ČMÚ (obnovená 1943 /16mm verze/)

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

4 min

Original length in metres

115 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,19

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Tobis – Klang

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech

Awards

Vítěz

Event: 20. mezinárodní výstava umění a techniky v moderním životě Paříž

1937
Paříž / France