Bohemian Rapture
Bohemian Rapture or The Violin and the Dream (Czech:Housle a sen) is a 1947 Czech historical drama film directed by Václav Krška 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 Niccolò Paganini.
| Bohemian Rapture | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Václav Krška |
| Written by | Václav Krška |
| Starring | Jaromír Spal Václav Voska Karel Dostal |
| Music by | Frantisek Skvor |
| Cinematography | Ferdinand Pečenka |
| Edited by | Jan Kohout |
Production company | National Film Studios of Prague |
Release date | 16 January 1947 |
Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Language | Czech |
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 Fabianová as Anna Zasmucka
- Libuše Zemková as Henrietta Asifeldova
- Jirina Krejcová as Magdalenka
- Marie Vásová as The Unknown Woman
- Eduard Kohout as Pavel Adam Lazansky
- Vladimír Repa
- František Smolík
- Frantisek Roland
- Ella Nollová
- Václav Svorc
- Jaroslav Mareš
- 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
Bibliography
- Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1977.
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