On the Silver Mirror

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1954

Production year

1954

Runtime

57 min

Category

film

Genre

children, sport

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionmedium

Original title

Na stříbrném zrcadle

Czech title

Na stříbrném zrcadle

English title

On the Silver Mirror

Synopsis

Věra Urbanová is an excellent pupil and a talented and successful pianist. After visiting a children's ice show she yearns for a pair of ice-skates and it is not long before she finds them under the Christmas tree. On the ice-rink she is surprised that skating is not as easy as it looks. The experienced ice-skater Jiřina takes her in hand and, since Věra has talent, she is accepted into the sports association. Věra's piano teacher wants her to play an unknown work by Leopold Koželuh at a concert. Věra's many interests and obligations begin to overwhelm her. She does worse at school, her music teacher decides to delegate the concert performance to her fellow-pupil Tonda and her training also starts slipping. Věra finds a sympathetic ear in her teacher who tells her how to arrange her time in order to get everything done. Tonda, who knows Věra is more talented than him, helps her to prepare for the concert. Her friends finally applaud her concert and her successful ice-skating performance.

Cast

Jindra Kramperová

Věra Urbanová

Jiřina Steimarová

Urbanová, Věřina matka

Radovan Lukavský

Urban, Věřin otec

Věra Motyčková

třídní učitelka

Emil Bolek

učitel hudby

Věra Bublíková

krasobruslařka Jiřina

Adam Novák

Petr Urban, Věřin mladší bratr

Mikuláš Rachlík

Tonda Kučera, Věřin spolužák

Helena Bukovanská

Elena, dcera Fouskové

Oldřich Šmalcl

trenér krasobruslení

Miroslav Fišák

spolužák Věry

H. Fišerová

spolužačka Věry

Soňa Balunová

krasobruslařka

Milena Kladrubská

krasobruslařka

Milena Tůmová

krasobruslařka

Miloslav Balun

krasobruslař

Karol Divín

krasobruslař

Jan Knapeš

excentrik na bruslích

Přemysl Syblík

excentrik na bruslích

příslušníci Sportovní školy dorostu

krasobruslaři

příslušníci krasobruslařského Sportovního kroužku mládeže v Praze

krasobruslaři

Crew and creators

Assistant Director

Milan Vošmik

Continuity

Eva Mičulková

Director of Photography

Pavel Hrdlička

Production Designer

Jan Pacák

Make-Up Artist

Libuše Hlaváčová

Film Editor

Josef Pejsar

Sound Designer

František Fabián

Production Manager

Zdeněk Novák

Unit Production Manager

Jiří Hartman

Consultant

Jaroslav Sadílek (krasobruslení), Josef Dědič (krasobruslení), Karel Glogar (krasobruslení)

Cooperation

Tibor Winkler (vrchní osvětlovač)

Music

Music Composed by

Jan F. Fischer, Miloslav Ducháč (instrumentace)

Selected Music

Leopold Koželuh (Rondo in Dis), Petr Iljič Čajkovskij (Klavírní koncert b moll), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Bedřich Smetana

Music Performed by

FISYO (Music Conducted by Milivoj Uzelac), Orchestr Karla Vlacha (Music Conducted by Karel Vlach)

Production info

Original Title

Na stříbrném zrcadle

Czech Title

Na stříbrném zrcadle

English Title

On the Silver Mirror

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

children, sport

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1954

Production Year

1954

Production specifications

start of filming 28 March 1954
end of filming 04/1954
projection approval 22 July 1954
projection approval 1962

Premiere

premiere 22 April 1955 /suitable for youths/ (Praha)
renewed premiere 16 November 1962 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
renewed premiere 11 January 1964 /suitable for youths/ (kina Dalibor /1 týden/ a Tatra /1 týden od 18. 1./, Praha)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Studio

Barrandov

Technical info

Duration typology

medium length film

Duration in minutes

57 min

Original length in metres

1 617 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech