Vladimír Sís is among the filmmakers who in the 1960s incorporated the montage phenomenon into Czech cinematography. While the features Král komiků (King of Comedians, 1963) and Sólo pro Jaroslava Marvana (Solo for Jaroslav Marvan, 1971) inclined towards the documentary genre, Hudba kolonád (Music in Colonnades, 1975) and Blues for EFB (Blues for EFB, 1980) combined the classical genre with a heavy staged framework. In Zpívající film (1972), for example, the singer Waldemar Matuška tries to find the lost song of an unhappy singer (Helena Vondráčková) and thus ventures into the world of Czech musicals… In this montage feature, Sís uses film clips from 1931 (On a jeho sestra – Him and His Sister) up to 1970 (Ďábelské líbánky – Devilish Honeymoon). In the feature, built also on the popularity of the Matuška–Vondráčková duo, the quality of the older Czech productions stands out due to the expert craftsmanship of their creators and actors, and the singing of those in the leading roles.
A bearded man arrives in the theatre where a famous singer performs. The performance is sold out, and the man struggles in vain to get in, talking over an uncompromising porter. Eventually he is unmercifully doused with water, even with his large bunch of flowers. The admirer succeeds in seeing the star after the performance. The singer is unhappy because she has somehow lost an old song of hers. The man sets off to the world of Czech music films to find a felicitous evergreen for his beloved lady to please her. Various scenes and songs from different movies are used, such as Lemonade Joe, The Heroic Captain Korkorán, The Undertaker, I'll Give My Wife in Marriage, Him and His Sister, During Quiet Nights, If a Thousand Clarinets, Madla Sings to Europe, Crime in the Night-Club, The Hotel Modrá hvězda, The Poacher's Foster Daughter, Kristian, The Minister's Girlfriend, Nocturnal Butterfly, The Hard Life of an Adventurer, Devilish Honeymoon, A Sign of the Anchor. Finally, the man returns to the theatre with many tunes and a grateful singer sings a duet with him.
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Zdeňka Slunéčková
Marie Ryšlinková, Irena Hrušková
Jan Petrů, Václav Pošta, Jiří Žůček
Jaroslav Vlk, František Jaderník
Gabriela Globočníková, Miroslav Pešan, Jaromír Švarc
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín),
Songwriter Zdeněk Liška
Writer of Lyrics Vladimír Sís
Singer Waldemar Matuškasbor
Songwriter Zdeněk Liška
Writer of Lyrics Vladimír Sís
Singer Vokální soubor Lubomíra Pánka
Songwriter John LennonPaul McCartney
Writer of Lyrics Zdeněk Rytíř
Singer Helena Vondráčková
Songwriter Melanie Safka
Writer of Lyrics Zdeněk Borovec
Singer Helena Vondráčková
Songwriter Zdeněk Liška
Writer of Lyrics Vladimír Sís
Singer Waldemar Matuška
Songwriter Vlastimil Hála
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Brdečka
Singer Waldemar Matuška
Songwriter Vlastimil Hála
Writer of Lyrics Pavel Kopta
Singer Květa Fialová [dab]Yvetta Simonová
Songwriter lidová americká píseň
Writer of Lyrics Josef HiršalJosef Škvorecký
Singer Miloš Kopecký
Songwriter Jiří Šlitr
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Suchý
Singer Waldemar Matuška
Songwriter Vlastimil Hála
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Brdečka
Singer Květa Fialová [dab]Yvetta Simonová
Songwriter Julius Kalaš
Writer of Lyrics Josef NeubergFrantišek Vlček
Singer Hana Vítová [dab]Vilma Meyerová
Songwriter Jan Rychlík
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Brdečka
Singer Miloš Kopecký
Songwriter Dalibor Pták
Writer of Lyrics Vlasta Burian
Singer Vlasta Burian
Songwriter Jaroslav Ježek
Writer of Lyrics Jiří VoskovecJan Werich
Singer Ljuba Hermanová
Songwriter Josef Stelibský
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav Mottl
Singer Bohuslav KupšovskýJana RomanováVladimír Salač
Songwriter Jára Beneš
Writer of Lyrics Emanuel BrožíkFráňa Vodička
Singer Anny Ondráková
Songwriter Karel Hašler
Writer of Lyrics Karel Hašler
Singer Karel HašlerWaldemar Matuška
Songwriter Roman Blahník
Writer of Lyrics K. M. Walló
Singer Hana Vítová [dab]Míla Spazierová-Hezká
Songwriter Jiří Šlitr
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Suchý
Singer Karel GottWaldemar MatuškaEva Pilarováženský sbor
Songwriter František Svojík
Writer of Lyrics František Kudrna
Singer Zdenka Sulanová
Songwriter Jiří Šlitr
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Suchý
Singer Eva PilarováJiří Šlitr
Songwriter Jiří Šlitr
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Suchý
Singer Eva Pilarová
Songwriter Eman Fiala
Writer of Lyrics Josef Gruss
Singer Waldemar Matuška
Songwriter Sláva Emanuel Nováček
Writer of Lyrics Josef Gruss
Singer Oldřich Nový
Songwriter Sláva Emanuel Nováček
Writer of Lyrics Josef Gruss
Singer Inka Zemánková
Songwriter Eman Fiala
Writer of Lyrics Josef Gruss
Singer R. A. Dvorský
Songwriter Jiří Mihule
Writer of Lyrics František Kudrna
Singer Oldřich Nový
Songwriter Johann Strauss ml.
Writer of Lyrics K. M. Walló
Singer Hana Vítová [dab]Míla Spazierová-Hezká
Songwriter Jiří Šlitr
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Suchý
Singer Jiří ŠlitrJana Malknechtová
Songwriter Zdeněk Marat
Writer of Lyrics Zdeněk Borovec
Singer Waldemar MatuškaHelena Vondráčková
Zpívající film
Zpívající film
The Singing Film
film
featuretheatrical distribution
music, compilation
Czechoslovakia
1972
1972
literary Screenplay approved 14 April 1972
start of filming 22 May 1972
technical Screenplay approved 23 June 1972
end of filming 12 October 1972
projection approval 31 October 1972
premiere 20 April 1973
Dramaturgická skupina Miloše Brože, Miloš Brož (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny)
feature film
81 min
2 310 meters
35mm
1:1,37
black & white
sound
mono
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech
Festival: 6. mezinárodní filmový festival Červeného kříže a zdravotnických filmů Varna
1975
Varna / Bulgaria