Bohemian Rapture

Bohemian Rapture
Directed by Václav Krska
Written by Václav Krska
Starring Jaromír Spal
Václav Voska
Karel Dostal
Music by Frantisek Skvor
Cinematography Ferdinand Pecenka
Edited by Jan Kohout
Production
company
National Film Studios of Prague
Release date
 16 January 1947
Running time
 108 minutes
Country Czechoslovakia
Language Czech

Bohemian Rapture or The Violin and the Dream (Czech:Housle a sen) is a 1947 Czech historical drama film directed by Václav Krska and starring Jaromír Spal, Václav Voska and Karel Dostal.[1] The film portrays the life of the Czech violinist Josef Slavík, a contemporary of Frédéric Chopin, and a rival of Nicolo Paganini.

In 1948 the film was released in the United States by the arthouse distributor Artkino. This release is sometimes treated as a separate film, but is simply an English-subtitled version of the Czech original. A New York Times review of the film was negative, criticising it as "an unusual but decidedly confusing and unrewarding offering" and attacking in particular its use of disjointed flashback sequences.[2]

Cast

  • Jaromír Spal as Josef Slavík
  • Václav Voska as Frédéric Chopin
  • Karel Dostal as Nicolo Paganini
  • Vlasta Fabiánová as Anna Zasmucka
  • Libuse Zemková as Henrietta Asifeldova
  • Jirina Krejcová as Magdalenka
  • Marie Vásová as The Unknown Woman
  • Eduard Kohout as Pavel Adam Lazansky
  • Vladimír Repa
  • Frantisek Smolík
  • Frantisek Roland
  • Ella Nollová
  • Václav Svorc
  • Jaroslav Mares
  • Jirí Mazác
  • Jan Mimra
  • Blanka Macková
  • Jarmila Kronbauerová
  • Jarmila Svabíková as Konstance Bayerová
  • Jirí Steimar as Baron Astfeld
  • Karel Jelínek
  • Anna Melísková
  • Ella Sárková
  • Lída Matousková
  • Jan W. Speerger
  • Zvonimir Rogoz
  • Karel Kalista as Gen. Kucera
  • Marie Nademlejnská
  • Slávka Vorlová as Chloe
  • Karel Luksík
  • Jirí Blazek
  • Vojta Novák
  • Antonín Kandert
  • Marta Májová
  • Antonín Solc
  • Kamil Olsovsky
  • Ruzena Gottliebová
  • Otakar Parik

References

  1. ↑ Liehm & Liehm p.97
  2. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=990DE7DA1E38E33BBC4E52DFB4668383659EDE

Bibliography

  • Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1977.


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