May
Country
Czech RepublicCopyright
2008Production year
2007Premiere
21 August 2008Runtime
75 minDirector
F. A. BrabecCategory
filmGenre
film-poemTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
MájCzech title
MájEnglish title
MaySummary
This narrative film poem based on the eponymous epic Romantic poem by Karel Hynek Mácha tells the story of a love triangle which ends in patricide, execution, and suicide. The beautiful mute girl Jarmila sleeps with the aging miller Schiffner. A group of bandits arrives in the region; their leader Vilém, who had been expelled from home by his father Schiffner, falls in love with Jarmila. In a rage of jealousy, he kills his father, for which he is executed. The girl then kills herself by jumping from a cliff.
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Cast
Jan Tříska
kat
Juraj Kukura
Schiffner
Sandra Lehnertová
Jarmila
Matěj Stropnický
Vilém
Nina Divíšková
Tietzeová
Vladimír Javorský
farář
Kryštof Hádek
Valdemar
Jan Přeučil
Hindl
Filip Menzel
varhaník
Iveta Jiříčková
loupežnice
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Karel Hynek Mácha (Máj – báseň)
Screenplay
Dramaturg
Bedřich Ludvík (ČT), Ivan Hubač (šéfdramaturg ČT)
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Costume Designer
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Jiří Klenka, Karel Havlíček (spolupráce)
Visual Effects
Special Effects
Postproduction
ACE (obraz)
Executive Producer
Producer
Co-producer
Jaroslav Kučera (ČT), Ivan Hubač
Unit Production Manager
Production Manager
Artistic Collaboration
Lucie Drábková (socha Anděla)
Cooperation
Oldřich Prachař, Jan Šuster, Igor Farbák, Jiří Bartůněk, Zdeněk Škvor, Jarda Dvořák, Josef Večerka, Jan Kubín, Radim Kouřimský, Rostislav Horský, Daniel Škvor, Tomáš Chlost, Jiří Vokálek, Vít Gernát, Magda Turečková, Jana Křížková, Patricie Šťastná, Eva Vacková, Marie Eder /ž/, Eva Langhamerová, Helena Tomanová, Vlasta Fajtová, Růžena Dusíková, Tomáš Frank, Petr Karpíšek, Jaroslav Hruška, Václav Švehla, Emílie Třísková, Stanislav Toman, Jan Červenka, Jaroslav Novák, Jiří Madzia, Ludmila Burianová, Petr Handlíř, Ivana Weberová
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Support Lesbiens, FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague (Music Conducted by Mario Klemens)
Songs
Píseň
Song Composer lidová gajdošská píseň
Writer of Lyrics Ivana Nováková
Production info
Original Title
Máj
Czech Title
Máj
English Title
May
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
film-poem
Origin country
Czech Republic
Copyright
2008
Production Year
2007
Production specifications
start of filming 07/2007
end of filming 3 August 2007
Premiere
gala premiere 19 August 2008 (multiplex Palace Cinemas Slovanský dům, Praha)
distribution premiere 21 August 2008 /suitable for all ages/
Distribution slogan
A film based on the poem by Karel Hynek Mácha.
Production
BELTFILM, s. r. o., ČESKÁ TELEVIZE (koprodukce)
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
75 min
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,85
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Dolby Digital
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
