Dalibor (1956)
It happened during the reign of King Vladislav Jagiellon: the rebellious knight Dalibor is sentenced to death. An attempt to free him fails. This underappreciated transcription of Smetana's opera surprises with its fresh originality, even compared to much later attempts to translate musical-dramatic works to the screen.
Director:
Václav Krška
Writers:
Jaroslav Beránek, Václav Krška.
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Václav Bednář as Vladislav, King of Bohemia |
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Karel Fiala as Dalibor |
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Věra Heroldová as Milada |
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Přemysl Kočí as Budivoj |
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Josef Celerin as Benes |
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Josef Roušar as Vítek |
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Jana Rybářová as Jitka |
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Jaroslav Horáček as judge |
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Otýlie Beníšková as old woman Magdalena |
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Miloš Červinka as Zdeněk, Dalibor's friend |
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Zdeněk Váša as Adam Ploskovský from Drahonice |
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Luděk Munzar as squire |
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Emerich Gabzdyl as rover Jáchym |
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Beno Blachut as Dalibor (singing voice) |
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Milada Šubrtová as Milada (singing voice) |
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Rudolf Asmus as (singing voice) |
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Zdeněk Kroupa as (singing voice) |
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Ivo Žídek as Vítek (singing voice) |
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Libuše Domanínská as Jitka (singing voice) |
| Writing | Jaroslav Beránek | Screenplay |
| Writing | Bedřich Smetana | Opera |
| Crew | Emerich Gabzdyl | Choreographer |
| Crew | Jarmil Burghauser | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | Ferdinand Pečenka | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Josef Novotný | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Stanislav Vondraš | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Miloslav Jandera | Makeup & Hair |
| Art | Ladislav Rada | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Zdeněk Chalabala | Conductor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fernand Vácha | Costume Design |
| Writing | Josef Wenzig | Opera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Slávka Doležalová-Kulhavá | Costumer |
| Production | Antonín Bedřich | Production Manager |
| Sound | Bedřich Smetana | Music |
| Sound | Josef Zavadil | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anežka Kunová | Makeup & Hair |
| Directing | Jaroslav Beránek | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Josef Pavlík | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Václav Krška | Director |
| Writing | Václav Krška | Screenplay |
| Art | Bohuslav Kulič | Production Design |
| Editing | Jan Kohout | Editor |
| Production | Rudolf Wolf | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Vladimír Hrubeš | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Vladimíra Čečetková | Second Assistant Director |