Barrandov Nocturne, or How Film Danced and Sang

Vladimír Sís, Zdeněk Podskalský, 1984

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Medium Duration Subtitles
35 mm 82 min English

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The film uses the programme for the 50th anniversary. Anniversary of the Film Studio Barrandov (under the title Trilobit se diví or 50 years of the Film Studio Barrandov produced by the Main Editorial Office of Entertainment Programmes of Czechoslovak Television Prague, television direction by Jitka Němcová), as well as excerpts and music from the films Angel with the Devil in the Body (1983, directed by Václav Matějka), Ballad for a Bandit (1978, directed by Vladimír Sís), Blues for EFB (1980, directed by Vladimír Sís), The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951, directed by Martin Frič), Lady on the Rails (1966, directed by Ladislav Rychman), Funebrák (1932, directed by Karel Lamač), Hotel Modrá hvězda (1941, directed by Martin Frič), Hvězda padá vzru (1974, directed by Ladislav Rychman), Kam čert nemůže (1959, directed by Zdeněk Podskalský), Kdyby tisíc klarinetů (1964, directed by Ján Roháč, Vladimír Svitáček), Koncert (1980, directed by Jan Schmidt), Kristian (1939, directed by Martin Frič), Lelíček ve služeb Sherlock Holmesa (1932, directed by Karel Lamač), Lemonade Joe or Horse Opera (1964, directed by Oldřich Lipský), Madla sings to Europe (1940, directed by Václav Binovec), Jana Kosinová's Past (1940, directed by J. A. Holman), The Night Butterfly (1941, directed by František Čáp), He and His Sister (1931, directed by Karel Lamač, Martin Frič), Pancho is Getting Married (1946, directed by Rudolf Hrušínský, František Salzer), His Highness's Adjutant (1933, directed by Martin Frič), Prague in the Glow of Lights (1928, directed by Svatopluk Innemann), Prince Bajajaja (1971, directed by Antonín Kachlík), Prstýnek (1944, directed by Martin Frič), Madly Sad Princess (1968, directed by Bořivoj Zeman), Trhák (1980, directed by Zdeněk Podskalský), Three Eggs in the Glass (1937, directed by Martin Frič), U pokladny stál... (1939, directed by Karel Lamač), The Golden Bird (1932, directed by Oldřich Kmínek), Crime in Shantán (1968, directed by Jiří Menzel), The Singing Film (1972, directed by Vladimír Sís), the television film Revue pro banjo (1963, directed by Zdeněk Podskalský) and other archival footage and photographs.
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About a film

Production year 1984
Countries Czechoslovakia
Categories film
Genres music, compilation
Form documentary
Duration 82 min
Director Vladimír Sís, Zdeněk Podskalský
Director of photography Jan Kališ, Jiří Macháně
Screenplay Vladimír Sís, Zdeněk Podskalský
Editor Jaromír Janáček, Dalibor Lipský
Production designer Karel Vacek, Boris Moravec
Artist Jan Švankmajer
Music Vlastimil Hála
Sound designer Pavel Jelínek, Ivo Špalj