Divotvorný klobouk explained

Divotvorný klobouk
Director:Alfréd Radok
Music:Jiří Sternwald
Cinematography:Josef Střecha
Editing:Jiřina Lukešová
Studio:Studio uměleckého filmu
Distributor:Rozdělovna filmů Československého státního filmu
Runtime:74 minutes
Country:Czechoslovakia
Language:Czech

Divotvorný klobouk (English: '''The Magical Hat''') is a 1952 Czech musical comedy film directed by Alfréd Radok.[1] [2]

Production

The state owned film production studio allocated a very small budget, because the film was not ideological and therefore not considered important.[3] During the shooting Radok was criticized for being a formalist, the filming was stopped and the movie was almost given to another director. At the screening for the film council the film was criticized for being too expressionistic and unrealistic. Later it was recommended to not be sent to distribution. Radok was forced to make changes in the movie and was fired from the film studio.

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hames, Peter . Czech and Slovak Cinema . Edinburgh University Press . 2010 . 978-0748620821 .
  2. Book: Škvorecký, Josef . All the Bright Young Men and Women: A Personal History of the Czech Cinema . Peter Martin Assoc. . Toronto . 1975 . 9780887781100 .
  3. Book: Hedvábný, Zdeněk . Alfréd Radok. Zpráva o jednom osudu . Divadelní ústav . 1994 . cs . 192–199 .