Saint Helena Island
Country
Czech RepublicCopyright
2011Production year
2005—2007Premiere
24 February 2011Runtime
83 minDirector
Vlastimil ŠimůnekCategory
filmGenre
road movieTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Ostrov Svaté HelenyCzech title
Ostrov Svaté HelenyEnglish title
Saint Helena IslandSummary
The film is a documentary debut of a television documentarist and links the story of singer František Kůzle, inspired by the life of leading actor, singer and musician Laďa Kerndl with a record of the live of Czech patriots in Romanian Banat. The solitary František sets out there for his daughter Helena who’d left home. He doesn’t find her, but gets to know the local inhabitants who preserve the Czech language and culture in harsh conditions. He meets with his daughter and they reconcile only after returning home. (Film footage from the archive of Laďa Kerndl).
Photos
Cast
Laďa Kerndl
František Kůzle
Pavel Bobek
Gustav Mlejnek
Tatiana Vilhelmová
Helena Kůzlová
Zuzana Slavíková
Magda Kůzlová
Bolek Polívka
primář
Iva Kubelková
barmanka Maruška
Štefi Táborská
Štefi
Václav Táborský
Václav
Lada Jelínková
žena s kočárkem
Vlastimil Šimůnek
ředitel školy
Miroslav Albert
autodopravce
Karol Smorada
pracovník rybářství
Milada Kerndlová
Alena, Magdina kamarádka
Miroslav Čuba
Vlach, Magdin přítel
Marie Karbulová
teta Marjána
obyvatelé české vesnice Svatá Helena v rumunském Banátu
obyvatelé české vesnice Gernik v rumunském Banátu
obyvatelé české vesnice Rovensko v rumunském Banátu
pes Žolik manželů Kerndlových
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Costume Designer
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Roman Čapek, Miloš Sommer, Jiří Mach (záznam kontaktního zvuku)
Special Effects
Producer
Co-producer
Artistic Collaboration
Martin Dušek (grafika)
Consultant
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Malina Movie Band, Luboš Malina /kytara, tarogato, píšťaly, banjo/, Stano Palúch /housle, kytara, klavír/, Klaudius Kováč /klavír/, Róbert Ragan /kontrabas/, Peter Solárik /bicí/, Ivo Viktorin /klávesy/, Emil Formánek /kytara/, Laďa Kerndl /bicí/, Milan Kašuba /kytara/, Dušan Reichmann /kontrabas/, Luboš Novotný /lap steel, dobro/, Petr Vavřík /baskytara/, Jiří K. Stivín /bicí, perkuse/, Martin Fridrich /banjo/, Pepa Malina /housle/, Zdeněk Jahoda /mandolína/, Petr Surý /kontrabas/, Peter Rowan /kytara/
Music Supervisor
Songs
Do nebe když se dívám
Song Composer Luboš Malina
Writer of Lyrics Laďa Kerndl
The Lonely Boy Blues I
Song Composer Laďa Kerndl
Writer of Lyrics Laďa Kerndl
Smuteční
Song Composer Luboš Malina
Writer of Lyrics František Gellner
Jde podzim duší mou
Song Composer Luboš Malina
Writer of Lyrics Bohdan Kaminský
Večer teskné nálady
Song Composer Luboš Malina
Writer of Lyrics Karel Hlaváček
The Lonely Boy Blues II
Song Composer Láďa Kerndl
Writer of Lyrics Laďa Kerndl
Mé září / September When It Comes
Song Composer Rosanne CashJohn Leventhal
Writer of Lyrics Robert Křesťan
Bražec Swing
Song Composer Luboš Malina
In the Morning We Will Find Our Way
Song Composer Luboš Malina
Writer of Lyrics Peter Rowan
Production info
Original Title
Ostrov Svaté Heleny
Czech Title
Ostrov Svaté Heleny
English Title
Saint Helena Island
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
road movie
Origin country
Czech Republic
Copyright
2011
Production Year
2005—2007
Production specifications
start of filming 08/2005
Premiere
premiere 24 February 2011 /suitable for all ages/ (multiplex Palace Cinemas Slovanský dům, Praha)
Distribution slogan
A man without a wife, a father without a daughter, a friend without friends.
Production
MgA. Vlastimil Šimůnek, cinemania s.r.o. (koprodukce)
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
83 min
Distribution carrier
DCP 2-D
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
digital sound
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech, Romanian
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
