The Salty Rose
Typology
featureCzech title
Slaná růžeRuntime
83Country
Czechoslovakia, PolandCopyright
1982Production year
1982Premiere
01.01.1983Language version
CzechDirector
Janusz MajewskiScreenplay
Pavel HajnýSummary
Dvojí svět hotelu Pacifik (Behind the Scenes at the Pacific Hotel, 1975), Slaná růže (The Salty Rose, 1982) and Kainovo znamení (The Pass) were all coproduced films exploring historical themes made under the supervision of seasoned Polish director Janusz Majewski. The hero of Slaná růže, inspired by a Ryszard Frelek novel and following a script by Pavel Hajný, is a Pole who in the aftermath of World War II searches the Sudetenland for traces of the lost love of his life. The story segues to 1938 when International Brigades member Marek Wolski meets the beautiful violin player Ida in Carlsbad. Ida later suffers persecution from Konrad Henlein’s Nazi henchmen on account of her Jewish origins. The lovers become separated for several years as the war rages on… Czech actress Daniela Vacková shone among the international cast in the role of Ida, although she was more accustomed to supporting roles. The part of Marek was played by Polish actor Jan Piechociňski.
Synopsis
It is summer 1945 in Carlsbad and Marek Wolski fishes a diamond ring out of the washbasin siphon in the abandoned villa Mimosa. He wants to exchange it for a portrait of a girl with a rose with the middleman Paleček. – In September 1939, the town of Carslbad is full of the Sudeten Nazis, who look forward to the annexation into the German Reich. The young Polish interbrigadist Wolski stays with the dressmaker Malina illegally. He finds a ticket for a concert lying in the street and thus runs to the violin player Ida Fischerová. But the Nazis prevent the musician from performing due to her Jewish origin, even though the girl used to go on successful tours all around Europe until recently. She is enchanted by the young man who bravely stands up for her, and the two get close to each other even despite the overall tricky situation. The cowardly director of the hotel Atlantic makes Ida move away. Ida takes Marek for a trip to the village house of her father's friend, a painter called Hrůša. The Hrůšas, who view them as a couple and lodge them in a single room, unintentionally remove their last restraints. The couple spends several happy days in the house and Hrůša paints Ida's portrait. But the disquieting news about newarmed conflicts in the Sudetenland, overheard on the radio, make the couple return to Carlsbad. At Malina's place, Milan encounters his brother Petr who persuades him to leave. But the young man is in love; he is actually reluctant to flee and would rather spend all his time in the guest house Mimosa with Ida. When the girl washes his hands, her ring slips off of her finger and disappears down the plughole. The couple, however, has other worries. Marek gathers the courage to leave but he eventually jumps out of the train. He searches for Ida, but his effort is vain because the town was taken over by the Nazis. He is caught by the Gestapo in the Hrůšas' abandoned villa and is sent to a concentration camp. The war is over and Marek returns to Carlsbad. He learns from Mrs Hrůšová, whose husband was executed by the Nazis, that Ida may have successfully fled to France. Paleček says that the ring cannot pay for the painting. Marek gets some money from the hotel Atlantic director in exchange for unwillingly confirming his activities as a resistance member. Paleček, however, sold the portrait "to the lady from the painting" in the meantime. Marek finds her but Ida is now the wife of an American named Goodwin. She invites her former boyfriend cordially only in privacy, later showing him her son. The kid is about seven years old and his name is Marek.
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Cast
Daniela Vacková
houslistka Ida Fischerová
Jan Piechociński
Polák Marek Wolski
Edward Rączkowski
krejčí Malina
Bogusz Bilewski
malíř Hrůša
Anna Ciepielewska
Hrůšova žena
Bronislav Poloczek
národní správce a překupník Paleček
Jiří Kodeš
Petr, Markův bratr
Andrzej Chrzanowski
Američan Joe Goodwin, Idin manžel
Hanna Banaszak
zpěvačka
Světlana Nálepková
chůva Florence
Václav Vydra
lázeňský
Ferdinand Krůta
starší muž s kolem
Józef Fryźlewicz
ředitel hotelu Atlantic
Gustav Opočenský
starý muž
Jaroslav Tomsa
policista/henleinovec
Ladislav Lahoda
policista
Karel Engel
henleinovec
Petr Jákl
henleinovec
Zbyněk Krákora
henleinovec
Jaroslav Klenot
henleinovec
Miroslav Lahoda
henleinovec
Pavel Myslík
henleinovec
Jindřich Sejk
henleinovec
Ludvík Wolf
henleinovec
Pavel Burda
výrostek
Jiří Pokora
klavírista
Věra Pokorová
pokladní
Andrzej Krasicki
konfident gestapa
Irena Karel
konfidentka gestapa
Zbigniew Buczkowski
gestapák
Jerzy Kryszak
gestapák
Bogdan Łysakowski
gestapák
Bohdan Ejmont
Lothar, Hrůšův přítel
Barbara Wałkówna
Malinova žena
Bohumil Koška
recepční
Břetislav Tetera
pianista
Włodzimierz Adamski
Američan
Leon Charewicz
americký voják
Stanislav Štícha
portýr
Barbara Dzido-Lelińska
Jan Konieczny
Bogusław Mach
Adam Gwara
Dubbing
Jiří Štěpnička
hlas Marka
Stanislav Fišer
hlas Maliny
Čestmír Řanda
hlas Hrůša
Svatava Hubeňáková
hlas Hrůšové
Alois Švehlík
hlas Palečka
Oldřich Velen
hlas ředitele
Jiří Pleskot
hlas starého muže
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Martin Mahdal, Halina Garus, Waldemar Prokopowicz
Assistant Director
Přemysl Čermák, Helena Kadlecová, Beata Ptak
Based on
Ryszard Frelek (Slaná růže /Słona róża/ – novela)
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Script Editor
Camera
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Václav Zajíček, Jan Górski, Jerzy Gajewski
Production Designer
Set Designer
Ewa Braun, Karel Kracík, Bolesław Miziołek, Alojzy Przybysz, Pavel Šoltys, Miloš Sršeň
Costume Designer
Costumes
Elżbieta Radke, Iva Nejdlová, Alena Svitáková, Antoni Matyka
Make-Up Artist
František Čížek, Irmina Romanis, Vlasta Hájková, Ilona Macourková, Iwona Skwarka
Film Editor
Jiří Brožek, Elżbieta Kurkowska, Jana Stejskalová (střih české verze)
Sound Designer
Jerzy Blaszyński, Lubomír Zajíc (zvuk české verze)
Production Manager
Blažej Vráb, Konstanty Lewkowicz, Renée Lavecká (vedoucí výroby české verze)
Unit Production Manager
Pawel Rakowski, Ewa Pietruszkova, Rudolf Mos, Waldemar Król, Janda Jan (výroba)
Unit Production Manager
Hana Štefanová
Cooperation
Marek Denys, Eva Horázná, Wojciech Jaworski, Ewa Kossowska, Dorota Madej, Ivan Minář, Wanda Niedzielska, Małgorzata Przedpełska, Jerzy Rogowski, Z. Augustová
Dialogues of Czech version
Direction of Czech version
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Orkiestra Polskiego Radia
Music Conducted by
Jerzy Matuszkiewicz (Orkiestra Polskiego Radia)
Songs
Tak bym chciela kochać już
Songwriter
Jerzy Matuszkiewicz (Tak bym chciela kochać już)
Writer of Lyrics
Wojciech Młynarski (Tak bym chciela kochać już), Angelika Wegener (Tak bym chciela kochać już) (německý text), Bronisław Zieliński (Tak bym chciela kochać już) (anglický text)
Singer
Hanna Banaszak (Tak bym chciela kochać już)
Production info
Original Title
Slaná růže
English Title
The Salty Rose
Parallel Title
Słona róża
Copyright
1982
Production Year
1982
Premiere
01.01.1983
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
Technical info
Format
35mm
Versions
Czech