Twisting Currents
Country
Czechoslovakia, FranceCopyright
1957Production year
1957Premiere
16 May 1958Runtime
98 minDirector
Vladimír VlčekCategory
filmGenre
drama, sportTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
V proudechCzech title
V proudechEnglish title
Twisting CurrentsParallel title
La Liberté surveilléeSynopsis
Jean is running away from the police. At one of Paris's railway stations he finds himself among sportsmen who are going to Prague for a boating competition. The water sports men take him to be the new masseur; only trainer Benoit realizes that this is not true. However, he tacitly agrees to take Jean with them. Jean catches sight of a beautiful girl during the competition. It's the student Eva. She is a translator and fiancée of one of the Czech competitors Karel. Jean falls in love with Eva and Eva also has romantic feelings towards him. Their relationship grows deeper during the camping holiday in Slovakia, to which the Czech water sportsmen invite their French colleagues. Benoit is upset by this growing love. He tries to speak to Jean about it but gets no result. Just before their departure, Jean realizes that he is a fugitive criminal and has no right to interfere with Eva's life. On their last date, he is purposely cynical and refuses Eva's love. Eva gets into a boat that is seized by a strong current. Karel saves her from the dangerous situation. The French men are returning home. Jean hands over a package to Benoit and jumps out of the train. The package contains the valuable French painting that he has stolen.
Note
The first Czech wide-screen feature film in colour.
Photos
Cast
Marina Vlady
Voice by Eva Klepáčová
Eva
Robert Hossein
Jean-Paul Viberty alias Jean Rungis
Jiří Němeček
Karel, Evin snoubenec
René Lefèvre
trenér Benoit
Miloš Nesvadba
František
José Varela
vodák Lapin
Paul Bisciglia
vodák Riri
Ivanka Devátá
Míla
Jean-Pierre Laverne
vodák Georges
Věra Schubertová
Jiřina
Jami Blanc
vodák Alex
Mária Sýkorová
babička
Alena Martinovská
děvče
Zdeněk Řehoř
kontrolor pasů
Milena Geislerová
Olga Hlavová
Vlasta Benová
Quido Bezpalec
Jan Brzák
Emil Hájek
Marie Hlavatá (2)
Evžen Jindra
V. Laštovka
V. Hlavatý
Václav Rubeš
Erik Vacek
Viktor Vosátka
Karel Zahálka
Taneční a hudební soubor VUS Bratislava
Jiří Novotný
Miloš
Jožka Lakatoš
houslista
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Henri Aisner, Marie Epstein
Assistant Director
Miroslav Kubišta, Eva Mičulková, Simonne Péche, Pavel Horák, Jordan Balurov
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Jiří Šafář, Raymond Picon-Borel
Camera Operator
Raymond Menvielle, Jan Kváča
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Bohumil Pokorný, Zbyněk Hloch, Jacques Saulnier
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lída Novotná, Monique Plotin /ž/
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Emil Poledník, Louis Hochet
Special Effects
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Petr Čapek, Přemek Longa
Unit Production Manager
Consultant
Ján Olejník (národopis)
Cooperation
Antonín Růžička (vrchní osvětlovač), Josef Janoušek (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)
Songs
Praha je zlatá loď
Song Composer Ludvík Podéšť
Writer of Lyrics Karel Šiktanc
Singer Milan Směták
Píseň o řece
Song Composer Ludvík Podéšť
Writer of Lyrics Josef Kainar
Vodácký valčík
Song Composer Ludvík Podéšť
Writer of Lyrics Vlastimil Pantůček
Singer Rudolf Pellar
Jdi spát
Song Composer Ludvík Podéšť
Writer of Lyrics Vlastimil Pantůček
Production info
Original Title
V proudech
Czech Title
V proudech
English Title
Twisting Currents
Parallel Title
La Liberté surveillée
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama, sport
Origin country
Czechoslovakia, France
Copyright
1957
Production Year
1957
Production specifications
start of filming 28 July 1957
end of filming 5 October 1957
projection approval 7 January 1958
Premiere
premiere 16 May 1958 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Alfa /7 týdnů/, Praha)
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Šebor – Kratochvíl, Miloš V. Kratochvíl (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Jiří Šebor (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
98 min
Original length in metres
2 795 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,66, 1:2,35
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech, French
Subtitles languages
Czech
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
