Songs Should Never Die

Georgij Kalatozišvili, 1983

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Medium Duration Subtitles
35 mm 87 min

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Josef Navrátil was born on March 13, 1840, in the village of Dobšice, house land-registry No. 16, as the youngest son of farmer Jan Navrátil and Rozálie, born Pošíková from Budměřice. He was active as a teacher in Městec Králové and sang in the choir of the so-called Provisional Theatre in Prague for ten years as an outstanding tenor. The present film captures his life in the years to follow. Navrátil returned three times from Russia to give a guest performance in the Prague National Theatre; he was, however, never engaged there.
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About a film

Production year 1983
Countries Czechoslovakia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Categories film
Genres biography
Form feature
Duration 87 min
Director Georgij Kalatozišvili
Cast Vít Olmer, Jana Březinová, Svetlana Toma, Imeda Kachiani
Director of photography Jiří Hošek, Dudar Margijev
Screenplay Gija Badridze, Vladimír Požar, Otto Zelenka
Editor Dalibor Lipský
Production designer Jindřich Goetz, Revaz Mirzašvili
Music Gija Kančeli, Džansug Kachidze
Sound designer Antonín Kravka, Imeri Mandžgaladze