Directed by:
Olga SommerováScreenplay:
Olga SommerováCinematography:
Olga Malířová ŠpátováComposer:
Aleš BřezinaCast:
Marta Kubišová, Aneta Langerová, Pavel Kohout, Milan Hein, Václav Neckář, Vlastimil Třešňák, Iva Janžurová, Jiří Černý, Fero Fenič, Jaroslav Hutka (more)Plots(1)
After her portrait of Věra Čáslavská, the most successful Czechoslovak sportswoman of all time, leading Czech documentarist Olga Sommerová decided to make a film about Marta Kubišová, another exceptional woman whose eventful life was determined to a considerable extent by the tyranny of communist power. The stellar career of this talented singer and three-time winner of the Golden Nightingale music award ended in 1968 with the occupation of Czechoslovakia. In 1977 Kubišová signed Charter 77 and also became its spokesperson, making her a target of the secret police. After twenty years' enforced silence, however, she was able to stage a spectacular comeback during the Velvet Revolution. Olga Sommerová maps out key episodes from the private, professional and dissident chapters of Marta Kubišová's life through archive footage and interviews with friends, such as Dana Němcová, Pavel Kohout and Jaroslav Hutka. The film also features a brand new song performed with Aneta Langerová. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Marta Kubišová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Píseň pro Rudolfa III. (1967) (series)
Koncert pro Martu (2022) (concert)
Karel Svoboda 65 (2004) (concert)
Aneta Langerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Forever Král: Koncertní pocta Ivanu Královi (2021) (concert)
Koncert pro Martu (2022) (concert)
Touha jménem Einodis (2013) (theatrical recording)
Pavel Kohout
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ecce Constantia (1992) (TV movie)
Play Macbeth (1979) (theatrical recording)
Milan Hein
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Beauty and the Beast (1978)
Touha jménem Einodis (2013) (theatrical recording)
The Little Mermaid (1976)
Václav Neckář
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Larks on a String (1969)
The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968)
Closely Observed Trains (1966)
Vlastimil Třešňák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kafka to taky neměl lehký (1992) (TV movie)
Play Macbeth (1979) (theatrical recording)
Who's Afraid of the Wolf (2008)
Iva Janžurová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Jiří Černý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Mňága - Happy End (1996)
Koncert pre Jara Filipa (2001) (concert)
Fero Fenič
Czechoslovakia
Jaroslav Hutka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
President Blaník (2018)
Koncert pro Ukrajinu (2022) (concert)
Dana Němcová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Party and the Guests (1966)
Helena Vondráčková (a.f.)
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Tale of John and Mary (1980)
The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968)
Píseň pro Rudolfa III. (1967) (series)
Václav Havel (a.f.)
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series) - a.f.
Marta Kubišová 1990 (1990) (concert)
Largo desolato (1991) (theatrical recording) - narrator
Alexander Dubček (a.f.)
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Invasion (1980) (TV movie) - a.f.
Jan Palach (2018) - a.f.
Dubček (2018) - a.f.
Gustáv Husák (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary