The Heroic Captain Korkorán
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1934Production year
1934Premiere
24 August 1934Runtime
94 minDirector
Miroslav CikánCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Hrdinný kapitán KorkoranCzech title
Hrdinný kapitán KorkoranEnglish title
The Heroic Captain KorkoránSummary
Miroslav Cikán made his forceful debut as a director in 1933, and as soon as the following year he had created five feature films. This comedy featuring Vlasta Burian – one of the popular actors regularly cast by Cikán – was one of those five. In the feature, the popular comedian embodies the captain of a ferryboat on the Vltava river, Adam Korkorán, who sees his dream come true during a visit to a spa resort: he has always desired to be the rich commanding officer of a transoceanic ship. The risky game that sees a common Czech man pretending to be a man of the world – a habitual theme in Burian’s films – leads to Korkorán’s ascent on the social scale, rather than ending up in disaster. Jiřina Štěpničková, Theodor Pištěk and Burian’s favourite adversary, Jaroslav Marvan, also appeared in this Cikán’s motion picture.
Synopsis
Adam Korkorán, the captain of a Prague boat company, lives in his dreams of commanding ocean-going vessels although in reality he travels only with a small steamer along the Vltava. The company's director has continual problems with him, and therefore when Korkorán refuses to go into retirement he sends him at least to a spa. At the train station in Poděbrady, however, an attendant of the most expensive spa hotel mistakenly carries off his suitcase with the luggage of a wealthy lady. And so it happens that Korkorán is taken for the captain of a corvette and a wealthy man. The man, bedazzled by the luxury, makes friends with a retired admiral and begins to play-act with the spa guests and with himself. He is even proclaimed the most favourite guest of the season. When he runs low on money he writes his housekeeper to send him all of his savings. The fearful woman decides to go to Korkorán and thus the truth comes to light. The crushed captain goes home and waits for a dismissal notice from work, but it turns out that the owner of the company is his friend the admiral. Korkorán is named chief inspector and he marries his housekeeper.
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Cast
Vlasta Burian
kapitán vltav. paroplavby Adam Korkorán
Jiřina Štěpničková
Irena Svobodová
Milada Smolíková
kantinská na parníku Broniková
Theodor Pištěk
majitel detektivního ústavu Dlouhý
Jaroslav Marvan
inspektor paroplavební společnosti
Světla Svozilová
pokojská v hotelu Kamila
Čeněk Šlégl
penzionovaný admirál Piacci
Helena Scharffová
Heda, Piacciho neteř
Ladislav Hemmer
tajemník paroplavební společnosti
Eman Fiala
topič Vojta
Josef Kotalík
ředitel paroplavební společnosti
Bohumil Mottl
letecký konstruktér Vláďa, syn Bronikové
Karel Němec
portýr v hotelu
Karel Postranecký
strojník na parníku Balvan
Jan W. Speerger
plavčík
Josef Waltner
ředitel hotelu
F. X. Mlejnek
lodník Konstantin
Jan Marek
host v krčmě
Václav Menger
učitel
Josef Vošalík
krejčí
Věkoslav Satoria
lodník
Karel Šilhánek
úředník v lázeňské informační kanceláři
Alois Dvorský
mluvčí kroužku stálých lázeňských hostů
Antonín Holzinger
mluvčí sboru dobrovolných hasičů
Anna Švarcová
mluvčí svazu Probouzejících se Poděbradek
Nita Romanečová
host v lázních
Oldřich Kovář
host v lázních
Bohdan Lachman
host v lázních
Doďa Pražský
zaměstnanec hotelu
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Songs
Kapitán Korkoran
Songwriter Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav Mottl
Singer Vlasta BurianSetleři
Když jsem sloužil u maríny
Songwriter Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav Mottl
Singer Vlasta Burian
Production info
Original Title
Hrdinný kapitán Korkoran
Czech Title
Hrdinný kapitán Korkoran
English Title
The Heroic Captain Korkorán
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1934
Production Year
1934
Production specifications
start of filming 22 May 1934 (ateliéry)
end of filming 6 June 1934 (ateliéry)
date of censorship 08/1934
Premiere
premiere 24 August 1934 /suitable for youths/ (kina Adria /4 týdny/ a Světozor /3 týdny/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
94 min
Original length in metres
2 675 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,19
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Tobis – Klang
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
