Prince Wenceslas
Typology
featureCzech title
Kníže VáclavCountry
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1942Production year
1942Language version
CzechDirector
František ČápSummary
Unfinished film.
Synopsis
Preserved are the following shots: ripe grain, a man praying, people in fetters being led by riders on horseback, work in a slate quarry, the mining of gold, the catching of river shellfish, a man cutting the grain with a sickle (Gustav Nezval), Prince Wenceslaus (Karel Höger) in a vineyard.
Note
Preserved footage from an unfinished film begun in 1942. Silent exterior shots are extant only. This was the only film from the period of the Protectorate that was to have been shot on the direct insistence of the Nazi occupational authorities, and it was to give the legend of Saint Wenceslaus a German interpretation (Prince Wenceslaus as a German vassal). Preparations for the filming were consciously protracted, and in spite of the fact that the roles had been cast, only filming of the rehearsals took place, all of them shot in the exterior locations. For reasons of "material scarcity" after two years of the production process the project was quietly liquidated.
Photos
Cast
Karel Höger
kníže Václav
Vítězslav Vejražka
Boleslav, Václavův bratr
Marie Glázrová
kněžna Drahomíra, Václavova a Boleslavova matka
Jiřina Štěpničková
kněžna Ludmila, Václavova a Boleslavova babička
Miloš Nedbal
mnich
Gustav Nezval
rolník
Karel Dostal
kněz Pavel
František Kovářík
pohanský kněz Žrec
Jaroslav Vojta
vladyka Důdleb
Fred Bulín
mladý vladyka
Miloš Hájek
mladý vladyka
Ladislav Janeček
mladý vladyka
Ada Dohnal
křesťanský vladyka
Filip Balek-Brodský
otrok Zury
Václav Pecián
pohanský vladyka
Svata Benešová
Drahomířina otrokyně
Jiřina Lehárová
Drahomířina otrokyně
Libuše Havelíková
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Script Supervisor
Libuše Juklíčková
Screenstory
Screenplay
Camera
Camera Operator
Bohumil Paris, René Nebeský, Václav Pazderník
Production Designer
Set Designer
Prokop Pěkný, Stanislav Pavlík
Costume Designer
Costumes
Jaromír Novák, Betty Adolfová, Josef Žebrakovský, Božena Houšková, Jiří Kalina, František Mašek, František Novák, Marie Sandrová, Františka Smíšková, Františka Seimlová
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Jaroslav Niklas, Jaroslav Kulhavý, Vladimír Vlček, Karel Beran, Slavomíra Čechová, Vladimír Hrubeš, Jiří Sobotka, Eduard Zachystal
Consultant
Miroslav Rutte (jazykový poradce), Václav Dobš, Jan Pulkrábek, Alžběta Birnbaumová
Music
Locations
Horažďovice, Mělnicko, vinice (Mělnicko), Suchdol u Prahy, Sušicko, Praha, Šárka (Praha), Beroun, Křivoklát, Otava, Kouřim, Mělník, Šumava
Production info
Original Title
Kníže Václav
English Title
Prince Wenceslas
Copyright
1942
Production Year
1942
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Barrandov
Technical info
Versions
Czech