The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981) [N/A]

Release Date:
October 2, 1981

Original Title:
Tajemství hradu v Karpatech

Alternate Titles:
Le château des Carpathes
Tajemný hrad v Karpatech

Genres:
Comedy | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Filmové studio Barrandov

Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 97

In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpithians, a slightly deranged Professor Orfanik experiments with his new inventions which include, even at this early date, television and a film camera. He is also an obsessed opera fan, keeps the body of his favorite diva preserved in a crypt in the castle. In order to keep away nosy visitors, the baron's mad-scientist assistant, invents all sorts of spooky phenomena in order to give the castle a creepy reputation.

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Animation:
Adam Hoffmeister

Assistant Camera:
Oldřich Kovář
Vojtěch Kuthan

Assistant Director:
Jiří Býček
Petr Hartl

Assistant Editor:
Magda Hájková
Dalibor Lipský

Assistant Production Design:
František Dvořák
Jaroslav Řeřicha
Rudolf Stahl nejml.

Assistant Production Manager:
Jiří Synek
Dagmar Pitráková
Jana Jeřábková

Clapper Loader:
Hana Suchá

Conductor:
František Belfín

Costume Design:
Irena Greifová

Costumer:
Michaela Nedvídková
Jiřina Vrbová

Creative Producer:
Miloš Brož

Director:
Oldřich Lipský

Director of Photography:
Viktor Růžička

Dramaturgy:
Vladimír Bor

Editor:
Miroslav Hájek

First Assistant Director:
Aleš Dospiva
Stanislava Hutková

Gaffer:
Antonín Heřman

Graphic Designer:
Adam Hoffmeister

Lead Costumer:
Ludmila Ondráčková

Lyricist:
Jiří Brdečka

Makeup & Hair:
František Čížek
Vlasta Hájková
Jaroslav Hruška

Novel:
Jules Verne

Original Music Composer:
Luboš Fišer

Production Design:
Jan Zázvorka
Vladimír Labský

Production Manager:
Jaromír Lukáš

Pyrotechnician:
Petr Chmelík
Václav Kuba

Screenplay:
Jiří Brdečka

Script:
Marie Hejzlarová

Set Decoration:
Jiří Rulík
Ladislav Rada
Jiří Broum
Ivo Černý
Miloš Osvald
Radim Valak

Sound:
Jiří Lenoch

Special Props:
Jan Švankmajer

Still Photographer:
Vladimír Souček

Story:
Jiří Brdečka

Stunts:
Jiří Bartošek
Arnošt Böhm
Radek Hošek
František Jákl
Petr Jákl
Arnošt Janeček
Miroslav Jíra
Vladimír Kaisr
Jaroslav Klenot
Jiří Klenot
Jan Kriesman
Ladislav Lahoda
Miroslav Lahoda
Pavel Myslík
Josef Pechanec
Jindřich Sejk
Oldřich Semerák
Frantisek Stupka
Jaroslav Šanda
Jaroslav Tomsa
Stanislav Tůma
Karel Vítek

Unit Production Manager:
Jaroslav Vágner
Milana Melcerová

Vocals:
Gabriela Beňačková
Jaroslav Hlubek
Vlasta Mlejnková

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