The Girl from Beskydy Mountains

1944 film

CinematographyFerdinand PečenkaEdited byJan KohoutMusic byJiří Srnka

Production
company

Lucernafilm

Distributed byLucernafilm

Release date

27 October 1944 (1944-10-27)

Running time

85 minutes^[2]CountriesProtectorate of Bohemia and MoraviaLanguageCzech

The Girl from Beskydy Mountains (Czech: Děvčica z Beskyd) is a 1944 Czech drama film directed by František Čáp based on a novel by Miloslav J. Sousedík.^[3]

Production

The film was shot in Beskydy Mountains.^[4] People of Hážovice, Tylovice and Rožnov pod Radhoštěm lent the actors folk costumes and accessories.^[5]

Cast

Jaroslav Vojta as dřevař Vavruš Cagala
Marie Nademlejnská as Filoména, Cagala's wife
Terezie Brzková as Grandmother Cagalová
Marie Glázrová as Terezka, Cagala's daughter
Vladimír Salač as Ondra, Cagala's son
Otomar Korbelář as dřevař Cyril Hanulík
Jiřina Štěpničková as Heva, Hanulík's wife
Gustav Nezval as Tomáš, son of Cyril
Gustav Hilmar as Landowner Zgabaj
Jiří Dohnal as Pavel, Zgabaj's son
František Kreuzmann as Landowner Vincek Kapralík
Vítězslav Vejražka as Francek, Vincek's brother

References

^ Marie Makariusová. "ČÁP František 7.12.1913-13.1.1972". Biografický slovník. Institute of History. Czech Academy of Sciences (in Czech).
^ "Děvčica z Beskyd (1944)". Česko-Slovenská Filmová Databáze (in Czech).
^ Slavíková, Hana (2016). Franz Cap. Průvodce životem a dílem filmového režiséra Františka Čápa (in Czech). Brno: Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts. ISBN 978-80-7460-108-8.
^ Brož, Jaroslav; Frída, Myrtil (1966). Historie československého filmu v obrazech 1930 – 1945 (in Czech). Prague: Orbis. p. 225.
^ "The Girl from Beskydy Mountains". Filmový přehled. NFA.