Bohemian Rapture
Bohemian Rapture or The Violin and the Dream (Czech:Housle a sen) is a 1947 Czech historical drama film directed by Václav Krška and starring Jaromír Spal, Václav Voska and Karel Dostal.[1] The film portrays the life of the Czech violinist Josef Slavík, a contemporary of Frédéric Chopin, and a rival of Niccolò Paganini.
| Bohemian Rapture | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Václav Krška |
| Written by | Václav Krška |
| Starring | Jaromír Spal Václav Voska Karel Dostal |
| Music by | Frantisek Skvor |
| Cinematography | Ferdinand Pečenka |
| Edited by | Jan Kohout |
Production company | National Film Studios of Prague |
Release date | 16 January 1947 |
Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Language | Czech |
In 1948 the film was released in the United States by the arthouse distributor Artkino. This release is sometimes treated as a separate film, but is simply an English-subtitled version of the Czech original. The New York Times review of the film was negative, criticising it as "an unusual but decidedly confusing and unrewarding offering" and attacking in particular its use of disjointed flashback sequences.[2]
Cast
- Jaromír Spal as Josef Slavík
- Václav Voska as Frédéric Chopin
- Karel Dostal as Nicolo Paganini
- Vlasta Fabianová as Anna Zasmucka
- Libuše Zemková as Henrietta Asifeldova
- Jirina Krejcová as Magdalenka
- Marie Vásová as The Unknown Woman
- Eduard Kohout as Pavel Adam Lazansky
- Vladimír Repa
- František Smolík
- Frantisek Roland
- Ella Nollová
- Václav Svorc
- Jaroslav Mareš
- Jirí Mazác
- Jan Mimra
- Blanka Macková
- Jarmila Kronbauerová
- Jarmila Svabíková as Konstance Bayerová
- Jirí Steimar as Baron Astfeld
- Karel Jelínek
- Anna Melísková
- Ella Sárková
- Lída Matousková
- Jan W. Speerger
- Zvonimir Rogoz
- Karel Kalista as Gen. Kucera
- Marie Nademlejnská
- Slávka Vorlová as Chloe
- Karel Luksík
- Jirí Blazek
- Vojta Novák
- Antonín Kandert
- Marta Májová
- Antonín Solc
- Kamil Olsovsky
- Ruzena Gottliebová
- Otakar Parik
References
Bibliography
- Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1977.
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