Carmen Not Only According to Bizet

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1968

Production year

1968

Runtime

25 min

Director

Evald Schorm

Category

film

Genre

parody, art, biography

Typology

documentarytheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Carmen nejen podle Bizeta

Czech title

Carmen nejen podle Bizeta

English title

Carmen Not Only According to Bizet

Working title

Carmen za 20 minut

Summary

Bizet's opera Carmen served Studio Y in Liberec to freely experiment with characters, narrative, words, melodies, and sounds. Not even Evald Schorm's documentary Carmen is just a traditional recording of a theatre production, but rather a film adaptation of sorts and an original portrait of a young theatre company.

Synopsis

A performance by Studio Y in Liberec – an unconventional analysis of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen. Actors in improvised costumes perform some parts of the opera, interspersed with recitation of stage notes, historical interpretation, and witty comments on the plot. Scenes alternate between backdrops and snowy landscapes.

Note

The original play by Studio Ypsilon and Jan Schmid premiered on 8 February 1966 at the North Bohemian Puppet Theatre in Liberec. The film was released as an opener to the comedy Our Crazy Family (1968; directed by Jan Valášek).

Film online

Cast

Josef Fučík

Carmen/Jednooký

Bohuslav Maršík

Carmen/Escamillo/Zuniga

Miloš Bílek

Carmen/don José

Jan Schmid

don José

Jitka Nováková

don José/Micaella

Karel Novák

don José/Morales

Eva Zapletalová

Micaella/Escamillo/Zuniga

Crew and creators

Director

Evald Schorm

Screenstory

Evald Schorm

Based on

Jan Schmid (Carmen nejen podle Bizeta – divadelní hra)

Director of Photography

Vladimír Skalský

Sound Designer

Zbyněk Mader

Production Manager

Máša Charouzdová

Consultant

Jan Schmid

Music

Music Composed by

archivní

Selected Music

Georges Bizet (Carmen)

Songs

Písně ze hry Carmen nejen podle Bizeta

Writer of Lyrics Jan Schmid
Singer Zuzana SchmidováJitka NovákováEva ZapletalováMiloš BílekBohuslav MaršíkKarel NovákJosef FučíkJan Schmid

Production info

Original Title

Carmen nejen podle Bizeta

Czech Title

Carmen nejen podle Bizeta

English Title

Carmen Not Only According to Bizet

Working Title

Carmen za 20 minut

Category

film

Typology

documentarytheatrical distribution

Genre

parody, art, biography

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1968

Production Year

1968

Production specifications

projection approval 4 March 1968

Premiere

premiere 31 October 1968 /suitable for youths/ (kina 64 U Hradeb /2 týdny/, Klub /1 týden od 21. 11./ a Městská knihovna /1 týden od 21. 11./, Praha)
premiere 7 November 1968 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)

Distribution slogan

no caption

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

25 min

Original length in metres

714 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech

Awards

Vítěz

Exhibition: 3. setkání s krátkým filmem v Ligně

1968
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Evald Schorm

Vítěz

Exhibition: 5. celostátní přehlídka filmů o umění Arsfilm Kroměříž

1968
Kroměříž / Czechoslovakia