A Star Is Falling Upwards (1975) [N/A]

Release Date:
August 29, 1975

Original Title:
Hvězda padá vzhůru

Alternate Titles:
Hvězda padá směrem vzhůru

Genres:
Music

Production Companies:
Filmové studio Barrandov

Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 136

Švand, a room painter from Strakonice, begins a dizzying career as a pop music star, but he soon discovers that fame is not the most important thing in life or what he is looking for and what he longs for in life.

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Assistant Camera:
Jan Hanzal

Assistant Editor:
Magda Hájková

Assistant Production Design:
Bohumil Nový

Camera Operator:
Rudolf Holan

Choreographer:
Josef Koníček

Clapper Loader:
Alexandra Tompichová

Conductor:
Štěpán Koníček
Ladislav Štaidl

Costume Design:
Irena Greifová

Costumer:
Miloslava Šmídová
Zuzana Máchová

Creative Producer:
Miloš Brož

Director:
Ladislav Rychman

Director of Photography:
Jan Kališ

Dramaturgy:
Vladimír Bor

Editor:
Miroslav Hájek

First Assistant Director:
Milan Klacek

Lyricist:
Jiří Štaidl

Makeup & Hair:
Ladislav Bacílek
Jiřina Bissingerová
Jiří Hurych

Music Director:
Jiří Zobač

Original Music Composer:
Ladislav Štaidl

Production Design:
Oldřich Bosák

Production Manager:
Jiří Beránek

Screenplay:
Václav Nývlt
Jiří Štaidl
Ladislav Rychman

Script:
Irena Vachatová

Set Decoration:
Miloslav Dvořák
Jaroslav Chytrý
Karel Smrž

Sound:
Miloslav Hůrka
Jiří Zobač

Still Photographer:
Miloslav Mirvald

Story:
Jiří Štaidl
Ladislav Rychman

Theatre Play:
Josef Kajetán Tyl

Unit Production Manager:
Vlasta Synkulová
Jaroslav Vágner

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