Tarzan's Death
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1962Production year
1962Premiere
1 February 1963Runtime
68 minDirector
Jaroslav BalíkCategory
filmGenre
slapstick, satire, tragicomedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Tarzanova smrtCzech title
Tarzanova smrtEnglish title
Tarzan's DeathWorking title
DžungleSynopsis
The sensational celebrity of Circus Europe is Tarzan - half-monkey and half-human. One of the circus visitors, anthropologist Forejt, is intensely interested in the weird creature. He meets a young attractive woman named Regina Smithová, who introduces herself as Tarzan's fiancé. Tarzan, however, is in fact German Baron Wolfgang von Hoppe, whose father left for Africa with his wife and a very little Wolfgang in 1904. Soon afterwards, the news about their death arrived. The vast family property is now managed by nephew Heinrich. After thirty years, Wolfgang was discovered as a wild forest savage living with apes. He was recognized and taken back to Europe. The English Regina was hired as his governess, supposedly to civilize him. Heinrich, afraid to lose the inheritance, offers Regina a rich reward if the education fails. The woman, however, has plans of her own and, in several months, Wolfgang turns into a refined gentleman. Regina has managed to convince the naive savage that all-encompassing love reigns among people. Wolfgang has no idea that oil was found on his estates in Africa. He is alarmed by the cruel fight that breaks out between the English, headed by Regina, and Heindrich's German soldiers, and finds out that it is worse to live among people than in the jungle. He runs away and seeks sanctuary in the circus. When Regina discovers him there, Tarzan realizes that she, too, is worse than the jungle animals, and, in despair, commits suicide.
Note
Tarzan´s Death was distributed along with the film Idiot from Xeenemünde.
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Cast
Rudolf Hrušínský
baron Wolfgang von Hoppe zvaný Tarzan
Jana Štěpánková
guvernantka Regina Smithová
Martin Růžek
Heinrich von Hoppe, Wolfgangův bratranec
Vlastimil Hašek
antropolog docent Forejt
Slávka Budínová
ředitelka cirkusu Evropa
Ilja Racek
komorník
Miroslav Homola
důstojník SA
Nina Popelíková
dáma, členka komise
Elena Hálková
baronesa, členka komise
Karel Peyr
Reginin šéf
Ela Poznerová
dáma, členka komise
Rudolf Pellar
vědec, člen komise
Josef Beyvl
vyvolávač na pouti
Zdena Hadrbolcová
německá nevěsta
Josef Hlinomaz
kominík
Viktor Maurer
farář
Jan Tříska
klaun
Hana Talpová
Eva v pouťovém představení
Mirko Musil
prodavač tureckého medu
Jaroslav Moučka
příslušník SA
Oldřich Mandík
příslušník SA
Gustav Jankovský
příslušník SA
Jindřich Narenta
Voice by Mirko Musil
úředník
Ivo Gübel
člen komise
Karel Engel
rváč
Jiří Kasík
rváč
Jaroslav Klenot
rváč
Jiří Klenot
rváč
Zdeněk Petřina
rváč
Jindřich Sejk
rváč
Zdeněk Srstka
rváč
Jaroslav Tomsa
rváč
Josef Töre
rváč
Ludvík Wolf
rváč
Antonín Zadražil
rváč
Jan Bedřich
hudebník
Jan Bouška
hudebník
J. Dolejší
hudebník
O. Parkán
hudebník
J. Plecháček
hudebník
Jiří Schulz
pochop
Antonín Soukup
pochop
Ferdinand Šafránek
pochop
Alena Karešová
krotitelka
Jiří Knop
kapelník
Karel Turnovský
bubeník
Václav Havelka
Angličan
M. Haak
Angličan
M. Herčíková
uvaděčka
A. Hantig
kluk-klaun
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Dagmar Nováková, Marie Kaplanová
Based on
Josef Nesvadba (Tarzanova smrt – povídka ze sbírky Tarzanova smrt)
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Ivo Černý, Vladimír Mácha, Jiří Široký
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Adolf Široký, Josef Mathauser
Unit Production Manager
Cooperation
Angelika Hanauerová (klapka)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín), Orchestr Karla Krautgartnera (Music Conducted by Karel Krautgartner)
Songs
Někomu stačí
Song Composer Evžen Illín
Writer of Lyrics Pavel Kopta
Singer Jan Tříska
Production info
Original Title
Tarzanova smrt
Czech Title
Tarzanova smrt
English Title
Tarzan's Death
Working Title
Džungle
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
slapstick, satire, tragicomedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1962
Production Year
1962
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 19 February 1962
technical Screenplay approved 28 February 1962
start of filming 26 March 1962
end of filming 30 July 1962
projection approval 23 October 1962
Premiere
preview 18 January 1963 (kino Sevastopol /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 25 January 1963 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Pasáž /3 týdny/, Arbes /1 týden/, Bystrica /1 týden/, Kyjev /1 týden/, Mír /1 týden/, Revoluce /1 týden/, Cíl /1 týden od 1. 2./, Oko /1 týden od 1. 2./, Radost /1 týden od 1. 2./, Eden /1 týden od 8. 2./, Odboj /1 týden od 8. 2./, Sokolovo /1 týden od 8. 2./ a Dukla /1 týden od 15. 2./, Praha)
premiere 1 February 1963 /unsuitable for youths/ (celostátní)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Novotný – Kubala, Bedřich Kubala (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Ladislav Novotný (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
68 min
Original length in metres
1 944 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
Awards
Vítěz
Festival: 5. festival českých a slovenských filmů Ústí nad Labem
1963
Ústí nad Labem / Czechoslovakia
