Our Dear Mister Foerster Died
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1963Production year
1963Premiere
12/1963Runtime
15 minDirector
Jiří MenzelCategory
filmGenre
étudeTypology
featuretheatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
Umřel nám pan FoersterCzech title
Umřel nám pan FoersterEnglish title
Our Dear Mister Foerster DiedSynopsis
It is a bright summer afternoon in the Prague Lesser Town district. In a backyard, a young woman hangs out laundry, singing simple melodies in a clear voice. On a little chair under a wall, a grey-haired man basks in the sun, recalling his memories from long ago and talking about his desire to visit France to see with his own eyes the places where his favourite painters used to work. The young woman has other ideas about beauty and classical music seems boring to her. The peaceful moment is disturbed by a woman from a neighbouring palace who strikes a black flag out of the window. Who died? "Our Mister Foerster died," the woman responds. All of a sudden, the seemingly abandoned place quickens and a choir clad in black gathers in front of the house where composer Foerster was born in the second half of the 19th century, to say good-bye with music to the great artist who died that sunny day. The young woman and old man, moved, listen to the sublime song.
Photos
Cast
Bohuš Záhorský
učitel
Svatava Hubeňáková
mladá žena
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Jindřiška Smetanová (Umřel nám pan Foerster – povídka)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Ludvík Karel
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Otakar Vávra (režie), Václav Hanuš (kamera), Bohumil Šmída (produkce)
Cooperation
Elo Havetta, Anna Smrštíková, Tomáš Škrdlant
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Music Performed by
Kühnův smíšený sbor – mužský sbor (Music Conducted by Markéta Kühnová)
Songs
Já jsem zamilovaná
Song Composer Jaromír Vomáčka
Writer of Lyrics Zdeněk Borovec
Singer Svatava Hubeňáková
Včera neděle byla
Song Composer Jiří Šlitr
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Suchý
Singer Svatava Hubeňáková
Production info
Original Title
Umřel nám pan Foerster
Czech Title
Umřel nám pan Foerster
English Title
Our Dear Mister Foerster Died
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
étude
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1963
Production Year
1963
Production specifications
projection approval 17 September 1963
Premiere
premiere 12/1963 /suitable for youths/
Distribution slogan
no caption
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
15 min
Original length in metres
420 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
