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Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1980

Production year

1980

Runtime

26 min

Category

film

Genre

étude

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Hledání modrého tónu

Czech title

Hledání modrého tónu

English title

Search for a Blue Tone

Synopsis

The noble family of Wodzinski leaves their summer residence and returns by carriage to the city. Marie is unhappy because she had to leave due to the press of her family her love, the young music composer Fryderyk Chopin. He is very talented but also poor and he suffers from a lung disease. While listening to beautiful melodies Marie recalls moments which she spent with the romantic young man.

Cast

Luděk Šimák

Fryderyk Chopin

Ilona Vaňková

Voice by Sylva Sequensová
Marie Wodzinská

Růžena Bauerová

Voice by Jana Andresíková
Tereza Wodzinská, Mariina matka

Eva Stejskalová

Josefina

Adina Boháčková

Terenia

René Volný

Kazimír

Miroslav Pecina

Felix

Jarmila Slezáková

guvernantka

Antonie Marešová

hraběnka

Rudolf Cenefels

Voice by Oto Ševčík
drážďanský strýc

Ladislav Vít

Voice by Karel Hlušička
Nikolas Chopin, Fryderykův otec

Jiřina Kovaříková

Voice by Viola Zinková
Justyna Chopinová, Fryderykova matka

Kateřina Džbánková

Emilie Chopinová

Crew and creators

Screenstory

Zdeněk Troška

Based on

Jiří Karen (Hledání modrého tónu: Chopinovský cyklus – sbírka básní)

Screenplay

Zdeněk Troška

Director of Photography

Ota Kopřiva

Make-Up Artist

Marie Džbánková

Assistant Film Editor

Věra Flaková

Sound Designer

Josef Hubka

Production Manager

Helena Daňhelová

Unit Production Manager

Petr Hlinovský, Václav Šilhavý

Cooperation

Zdeněk Černoch, Pavel Číč, Josef Hutník, Alexander Kováč, Eva Laušmanová, Jana Pluhařová, Stanislava Srnková, Václav Stráský, Jaromír Šorejs, Josef Vokráčka, Jiří Voneš, Daniela Wágnerová, Václav Zelenka (2), Otokar Zima

Music

Selected Music

Fryderyk Chopin

Production info

Original Title

Hledání modrého tónu

Czech Title

Hledání modrého tónu

English Title

Search for a Blue Tone

Category

film

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

étude

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1980

Production Year

1980

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

26 min

Original length in metres

726 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech