Vincenz Priessnitz

Country

Czech Republic

Copyright

1999

Production year

1999

Premiere

3 October 1999

Runtime

73 min

Category

film

Genre

biography

Typology

documentarytheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Vincenz Priessnitz

Czech title

Vincenz Priessnitz

English title

Vincenz Priessnitz

Working title

Živá voda

Summary

Biographical documentary film (with acted and animated parts), filmed on the occasion of the 200th anniversary ot the birth of Vincenz Priessnitz (4. 10. 1799 – 28. 11. 1851), dealing with the life of the German folk healer, founder of water treatment and the healing institution in Jeseník in north Moravia (the Czech Republic) whose methods are still being practiced.

Cast

Ctislav Doseděl

Voice by J. Dvořák
Vincenz Priessnitz

Petr Král

starý Vincenz Priessnitz

Jan Kačer

dr. Voda

Martin Dejdar

dr. Schnorfael

Ewan McLaren

Voice by Ivan Trojan
průvodce

Martin Kubačák

Luis Ru....

Aleš Matějka

N. V. Gogol

Nina Divíšková

vychovatelka

Veronika Peštuková

Žofie Priessnitzová

Jan Potměšil

napoleonský voják

Zdeněk Forejt

starosta Raymann

Antonín Kaška

písař

Helena Horská

Priessnitzova matka

Jiří Rajský-Kastner

Priessnitzův otec

Karel Novák

mlynář

Karel Novák

mlynář

Vít Buriánek

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Vít Buriánek

Screenstory

Pavel Linhart

Based on

Miloš Kočka (Prameny živé vody – kniha)

Screenplay

Pavel Linhart

Director of Photography

Karel Hurych

Second Unit Photography

Josef Brabec

Set Designer

Marie Marková

Costume Designer

Andrea Drlíková

Film Editor

H.M.C.

Sound Designer

Pavel Dvořák, Radim Hladík ml. (hudba)

Postproduction

Studio Virtual (zvuk)

Producer

Pavel Linhart, Ondřej Šrámek (ČT), Janka Maršíková (PART), Kateřina Wagnerová (PART), Lubomíra Bartoníková (PART)

Production Manager

Jindřich Bareš (ČT)

Music

Music Composed by

Radim Hladík

Production info

Original Title

Vincenz Priessnitz

Czech Title

Vincenz Priessnitz

English Title

Vincenz Priessnitz

Working Title

Živá voda

Category

film

Typology

documentarytheatrical distribution

Genre

biography

Origin country

Czech Republic

Copyright

1999

Production Year

1999

Premiere

premiere 3 October 1999 /suitable for all ages/

Distribution slogan

Man and water in the mountains of Jeseníky against superstition and fear for health and joy of life.

Production

PART Production, Česká televize, TS Ondřeje Šrámka (Česká televize)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

73 min

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,66

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech