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.
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.
houslistka Ida Fischerová
Polák Marek Wolski
krejčí Malina
malíř Hrůša
Hrůšova žena
národní správce a překupník Paleček
Petr, Markův bratr
Američan Joe Goodwin, Idin manžel
zpěvačka
chůva Florence
lázeňský
starší muž s kolem
ředitel hotelu Atlantic
starý muž
policista/henleinovec
policista
henleinovec
henleinovec
henleinovec
henleinovec
henleinovec
henleinovec
henleinovec
henleinovec
výrostek
klavírista
pokladní
konfident gestapa
konfidentka gestapa
gestapák
gestapák
gestapák
Lothar, Hrůšův přítel
Malinova žena
recepční
pianista
Američan
americký voják
portýr
hlas Marka
hlas Maliny
hlas Hrůša
hlas Hrůšové
hlas Palečka
hlas ředitele
hlas starého muže
Martin Mahdal, Halina Garus, Waldemar Prokopowicz
Přemysl Čermák, Helena Kadlecová, Beata Ptak
Ryszard Frelek (Slaná růže /Słona róża/ – novela)
Václav Zajíček, Jan Górski, Jerzy Gajewski
Ewa Braun, Karel Kracík, Bolesław Miziołek, Alojzy Przybysz, Pavel Šoltys, Miloš Sršeň
Elżbieta Radke, Iva Nejdlová, Alena Svitáková, Antoni Matyka
František Čížek, Irmina Romanis, Vlasta Hájková, Ilona Macourková, Iwona Skwarka
Jiří Brožek, Elżbieta Kurkowska, Jana Stejskalová (střih české verze)
Jerzy Blaszyński, Lubomír Zajíc (zvuk české verze)
Blažej Vráb, Konstanty Lewkowicz, Renée Lavecká (vedoucí výroby české verze)
Pawel Rakowski, Ewa Pietruszkova, Rudolf Mos, Waldemar Król, Janda Jan (výroba)
Hana Štefanová
Marek Denys, Eva Horázná, Wojciech Jaworski, Ewa Kossowska, Dorota Madej, Ivan Minář, Wanda Niedzielska, Małgorzata Przedpełska, Jerzy Rogowski, Z. Augustová
Orkiestra Polskiego Radia
Jerzy Matuszkiewicz (Orkiestra Polskiego Radia)
Tak bym chciela kochać już
Jerzy Matuszkiewicz (Tak bym chciela kochać już)
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)
Hanna Banaszak (Tak bym chciela kochać już)
Slaná růže
The Salty Rose
Słona róża
film
feature
narrative
Czechoslovakia, Poland
1982
1982
1 January 1983
long
83 min
Czech