In the Coat of Arms of a Lioness

Country

Czech Republic

Copyright

1994

Production year

1994

Premiere

11 April 1995

Runtime

97 min

Category

film

Genre

historical

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

V erbu lvice

Czech title

V erbu lvice

English title

In the Coat of Arms of a Lioness

English parallel title

In the Crest of Lioness

Working title

Zdislava / Zdislava z Lemberka

Summary

The story of a Czech noble-woman Zdislava of Lemberk who lived in the middle of 13th Century. She had taken care of poor and sick and in the course of time her life had become a legend.

Cast

Michal Dlouhý

zpěváček

Martin Růžek

převor Gothard

Josef Kemr

šílený mnich

Barbora Srncová

služka Dorotka

Edita Horová

chůva

Hana Maciuchová

matka Sybila

Daniel Rous

Havlův posel

Viktor Preiss

Václav I.

Miroslav Středa

královský posel

Václav Vydra

bratr Luciano

Václav Kmoníček

mnich

Commentary

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Dagmar Frantová

Assistant Director

Jiří Augusta

Based on

Alena Vrbová (V erbu lvice – román)

Screenplay

Ludvík Ráža

Commentary by

Ludvík Ráža

Director of Photography

Jaroslav Brabec

Production Designer

Michal Krška, Woloďa Hruška

Costume Designer

Evženie Rážová

Make-Up Artist

Nevena Thielová

Film Editor

Josef Valušiak

Sound Designer

Jiří Kříž

Special Effects

AB Barrandov

Special Effects

SFX, spol. s r.o.

Titles Designed by

Pavel Kryml

Stunts

FILMKA

Production

Martin Hora

Production Manager

Miloš Matula, Ingrid Klímová

Unit Production Manager

Jaroslav Vich

Cooperation

Ivan Malý (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Petr Hapka

Music Performed by

Petr Hapka

Production info

Original Title

V erbu lvice

Czech Title

V erbu lvice

English Title

In the Coat of Arms of a Lioness

English Parallel Title

In the Crest of Lioness

Working Title

Zdislava / Zdislava z Lemberka

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

historical

Origin country

Czech Republic

Copyright

1994

Production Year

1994

Production specifications

start of filming 03/1994
end of filming 05/1994

Premiere

distribution premiere 11 April 1995 /suitable for all ages/
gala premiere 13 April 1995 (kino Lucerna, Praha)

Distribution slogan

The story of a woman who enters the world of legends. Based on the novel by Alena Vrbová The Lioness' Coat of Arms.

Production

EDIT s.r.o.

Studio

Barrandov

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

97 min

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,66

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Dolby Stereo

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech, German

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech