Humoresque
Typology
featureCzech title
HumoreskaRuntime
100Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1939Production year
1939Premiere
11.08.1939Language version
CzechDirector
Otakar VávraScreenplay
Otakar VávraSynopsis
Josef Hupka fails to graduate because he loves music more than school. He runs away from home and joins a band of travelling musicians. He marries the violinist Hanči and with her he has a son, Hynek. His happiness comes to an end when Hanči dies of typhus. Hupka tries in vain to earn a living by playing on the streets. One day Multrus the lawyer hears his 'Humoresque' and offers him a job in his office if he will play in the doctor's quartet. Hynek studies law and Multrus takes him on as a law clerk. Thus he also discovers that Hynek is an excellent violinist. Multrus's wife Julie, who acted in a variety theatre, falls in love with Hynek and seduces him. The law firm is given the will of a certain Svída to execute, and the case is successfully worked out by Hynek. When he is to present the evidence in court, the will disappears. It has been stolen by Julie at the behest of her former lover, agent Forejt. The elder Hupka succeeds in guilefully getting back the will. Julie in a fit of hysteria begs Hynek to forgive and love her. Multrus witnesses this and dies from being upset. Hynek would like to leave his father and lose himself in his work. He meets his father in the street at the moment when both are listening on 'Humoresque,' which has accompanied them the whole of their lives.
Note
The film was presented at the 7th Venice Film Festival, 1939.
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Cast
Rudolf Hrušínský
maturant Josef Hupka
Jaroslav Průcha
Josef Hupka ve středním věku
Vladimír Salač
Hynek, Hupkův syn, jako patnáctiletý
Ladislav Boháč
JUDr.Hynek Hupka, pětadvacetiletý
František Smolík
JUDr.K.Multrus, advokát
Jiřina Šejbalová
Julie Herdová, později Multrusova
František Kreuzmann
agent Forejt
Ella Nollová
Batíková, Hupkova bytná
Jaroslav Vojta
šumař Podestát
Božena Šustrová
Hanči, Podestátova dcera
Stanislava Strobachová
Dora, Podestátova dcera
Hermína Vojtová
teta Hupková
Karel Dostal
předseda maturitní komise
Anna Steimarová
žebračka Šišvorka
Blažena Slavíčková
Mánička
Karel Černý
lékař
Milada Smolíková
kuchařka u JUDr.Multruse Máry
Vladimír Řepa
úředník na obci
Rudolf Hrušínský st.
člen maturitní komise
Josef Hořánek
člen maturitní komise
Milka Balek-Brodská
sousedka
Miloš Šubrt
hostinský
Josef Waltner
vrchní
Filip Balek-Brodský
hráč kulečníku
Jindřich Fiala
kamelot
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod (Humoreska – novela)
Screenplay
Camera
Production Designer
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Antonín Dvořák (Humoreska), Bedřich Smetana (Z mého života), Bedřich Smetana (Hubička /Jsme svoji/), Joseph Haydn (Sedm slov Vykupitelových na kříži)
Songs
Já se vždycky podívám k domažlickým zahradám, Žádnej neví, co jsou Domažlice
Singer
Božena Šustrová (Já se vždycky podívám k domažlickým zahradám), Stanislava Strobachová (Já se vždycky podívám k domažlickým zahradám), Jaroslav Vojta (Já se vždycky podívám k domažlickým zahradám), Rudolf Hrušínský st. (Já se vždycky podívám k domažlickým zahradám)
Production info
Original Title
Humoreska
English Title
Humoresque
Copyright
1939
Production Year
1939
Premiere
11.08.1939
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Versions
Czech
Awards
Vítěz
Event: Ceny ministra průmyslu, obchodu a živností
1939
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Lucernafilm
Vítěz
Event: Ceny ministra průmyslu, obchodu a živností
1939
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Otakar Vávra