Story of Souls

Overview

The dramatization of the Old Prague short story by the writer Ignát Herrmann is an acting concert by Jan Pivec. In this film from 1964, the actor let all registers of his mature acting sound, from outright comical positions to tones sounding with tragic undertones. And although the character of Vavřinec Konopka clearly dominates in this story, the great actor disciplinedly left enough space for his teammates, especially Jaroslav Marvan, Dana Medřická (her poisonous Petronila is an excellent figure), the modest Libuša Havelková and the bohemian Josef Kemr and everyone else. The director František Filip was actually the conductor here, who got a beautifully coordinated orchestra of soloists at his disposal... But let's go back to the century before last. Where is the dignified and rather burly official Mr. Konopka peláší? And even runs with a jet and without a hat…

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 18, 1965

Original language

Czech

Spoken languages

Czech

Countries

Czechoslovakia

Production

Československá televize

Cast

Jan Pivec,Alois Dvorský,Josef Kemr,Josef Gruss,Martin Růžek,Jaroslav Marvan,Jiřina Šejbalová,Zdeněk Týle,Dana Medřická,Libuše Havelkováand 1 more

Director

František Filip

Writer

Ignát Herrmann,Jiří Procházka

Producer

Antonín Bedřich

Cinematography

Vladimír Opletal

Music

Karel Sklenička

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0924474