Changing Wind

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1939

Production year

1939

Premiere

13 October 1939

Runtime

83 min

Director

Martin Frič

Category

film

Genre

melodrama

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Jiný vzduch

Czech title

Jiný vzduch

English title

Changing Wind

Synopsis

Helena Elisová studies at the conservatory. She is assured of her talent by the lodger Viták, an unsuccessful actor who is trying to woo her, and he rebukes her father for having forfeited his inheritance from his cousin in Hamburg. Mr. Elis earns a living from painting adverts and his family lives modestly. His cousin's son, Prokop, comes to Prague and should stay at the Elis'. He catches up with the family at The Palms Inn where Viták has contracted Helena for a public performance, though he knows that as a student she is not allowed to perform. Prokop financially supports Elis so that he can dedicate himself to his artistic work. Viták moves out but often sees Elis and incites him against Prokop. Helena is expelled from school. She hesitates as to whether she should give her preference to Viták and the theatre or to Prokop who has dissuaded her from the theatre. Eventually she escapes Viták's snares and accepts Prokop's birthday present and invitation to a concert. Viták urges Elis to kill Prokop and thus obtain the inheritance. Elis brusquely throws him out of his house. The happy Helena returns from the concert with Prokop. During the tones of Smetana's music Helena realises that she loves Prokop.

Cast

František Smolík

akademický malíř František Elis

Zdeňka Baldová

Elisova žena

Hana Vítová

Helena, dcera Elisových

Ladislav Boháč

Ing. Prokop, syn Elisova bratrance

František Kreuzmann

herec a režisér Emil Viták

Vojta Novák

profesor dramatické konzervatoře Vácha

František Černý

tlustý automobilista

Jan W. Speerger

dělník na stavbě

Julius Kalaš

profesor hudby

Růžena Kurelová

divačka na koncertu

Crew and creators

Director

Martin Frič

Assistant Director

Eduard Šimáček

Based on

Matěj Anastazia Šimáček (Jiný vzduch – divadelní hra)

Screenplay

Václav Wasserman, Vilém Werner (dialogy)

Director of Photography

Jan Stallich

Camera Operator

Jaromír Holpuch

Production Designer

Karel Petr Adam

Set Designer

Ferdinand Kliment

Film Editor

Jan Kohout

Sound Designer

Stanislav Vondraš

Production Manager

Jan Sinnreich

Cooperation

Willy Ströminger (fotograf), F. X. Mlejnek

Music

Music Composed by

Julius Kalaš

Selected Music

Bedřich Smetana (Má vlast /Vltava/), Bedřich Smetana (Má vlast /Z českých luhů a hájů/)

Music Performed by

Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Julius Kalaš), Česká filharmonie (Music Conducted by Rafael Kubelík)

Songs

Píseň o Praze

Song Composer Julius Kalaš
Writer of Lyrics Karel Hrnčíř
Singer Oldřich Kovář

Pověz, pověz, kudy cestička

Song Composer Julius Kalaš
Writer of Lyrics Karel Hrnčíř
Singer Hana Vítová

Production info

Original Title

Jiný vzduch

Czech Title

Jiný vzduch

English Title

Changing Wind

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

melodrama

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1939

Production Year

1939

Production specifications

start of filming 24 June 1939
end of filming 14 July 1939
date of censorship 5 October 1939
projection approval 26 October 1945 (konec povolení k promítání 26. 10. 1946)
projection approval 19 September 1946 (konec povolení k promítání 26. 4. 1947)

Premiere

premiere 13 October 1939 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Adrie /2½ týdne/ a Juliš /2½ týdne/, Praha)
renewed premiere 20 July 1945 /unsuitable for youths/

Production

Ufa

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Ufa (původní 1939), Státní půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1945)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

83 min

Original length in metres

2 380 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Tobis – Klang

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech