A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
June 6, 1969
Original Title:
Pražské noci
Alternate Titles:
The Nights of Prague
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Horror
Production Companies:
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 92
A stuffy middle-aged foreigner, a businessman named Fabricius, lonely and looking for a night's diversion, finds it in the form of a mysterious blonde. In an abandoned cemetery, she tells him three tales involving black magic and erotic obsession. In "The Last Golem," a young rabbi struggles to fashion a massive, silent giant out of living clay — until he's distracted by a mute servant girl. In the second episode, "Bread Slippers," an 18th-century countess indulges her passion for sweet cakes, adulterous affairs, and secret kisses with pretty maids until a mysterious visitor whisks her away to an abandoned mansion, where Fate has a different kind of dance in store for her. And in the final story, "Poisoned Poisoner," a ravishing murderess in the Middle Ages dispatches lecherous merchants to the tune of upbeat '60s Czech pop songs.
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Art Direction:
Zdeněk Seydl
Assistant Camera:
Viktor Růžička
Assistant Director:
Robert Vacík
Lenka Němečková
Miloslav Čech
Libuše Vaněčková
Dagmar Švejdova
Assistant Editor:
Eliška Willigová
Anna Mejtská
Jarmila Müllerová
Milada Malínská
Assistant Production Manager:
Blanka Rýdlová
Camera Operator:
Rudolf Milič
Antonín Holub
Jiří Macák
Choreographer:
Růžena Mazalová
Conductor:
František Belfín
Costume Design:
Olga Dimitrovová
Theodor Pištěk
Zdeněk Seydl
Jana Ledecká
Vladimír Synek
Costumer:
Helena Vondrušková
Jiřina Drvotová
Aša Teršová
Věra Hromádková
František Zapletal
Creative Producer:
Miloš Brož
Director:
Jiří Brdečka
Evald Schorm
Miloš Makovec
Director of Photography:
František Uldrich
Rudolf Milič
Jan Kališ
Editor:
Antonín Zelenka
Jan Kohout
Jiřina Lukešová
Executive Producer:
Karel Feix
First Assistant Director:
Jan Mimra
Tomáš Svoboda
Josef Krameš
Makeup & Hair:
Otakar Košťál
Jiřina Bissingerová
Karel Konrád
Ladislav Bacílek
Vladimír Černý
Jaroslav Čermák
Alena Hejdánková
Original Music Composer:
Zdeněk Liška
Jan Klusák
Production Design:
Karel Škvor
Production Manager:
Josef Ouzký
Ladislav Terš
Jaroslav Jílovec
Screenplay:
Jiří Brdečka
Vratislav Blažek
Miloš Makovec
Evald Schorm
František Uldrich
Sculptor:
Hugo Demartini
Sound:
Pavel Jelínek
Emanuel Formánek
František Fabián
Story:
Jiří Brdečka
Unit Production Manager:
Jiří Mařas
Růžena Hulínská
Ctibor Novotný
Karel Prchal
Jaromír Kallista
Jaroslav Koucký
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