Evropa tančila valčík (1989)

Name: Evropa tančila valčík
Director: Otakar Vávra
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1989-10-01
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 2.5
Cast: Jiří Bartoška, Rudolf Hrušínský, Jürgen Frohriep, Andrei Rostotsky, Josef Vinklář

Directed by Otakar Vávra

1h 38minruntime

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Plot

Otakar Vávra dedicated his latest film to events accompanying the devastation of the first World War. It takes place in representative centers of power, in the courts of Vienna, Berlin and Moscow. In parallel, it develops the fate of the Czech archivist, who will take part in the Serbian anti-Austrian branch.

Main cast

Jiří Bartoška

Václav Kavan

Rudolf Hrušínský

Franz Joseph I

Jürgen Frohriep

Wilhelm II

Andrei Rostotsky

Nicholas II

Josef Vinklář

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Nelli Pshyonnaya

Alexandra Feodorovna

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov

Sergei Dmitryevich Sazonov

Full cast

Actor	Role
Zora Jandová	Draga Simić
Martin Růžek	Dr. Paul Schönbeck
Josef Somr	Count Leopold Berchtold
Hans-Joachim Hanisch	Helmuth von Moltke
Herbert Sturm	Count István Tisza
Rolf Colditz	Count Karl Stürgh
Gustav Opočenský	Count Hartenberg
Ernst Heise	Baron Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf
Svatopluk Beneš	Count Eduard von Paar
Pavol Mikulík	Raymond Poincaré
Jozef Adamovič	Lord Edward Grey
Oldřich Vízner	Ivan Olbracht
Petr Kostka	Dr. Berth Leopold Schönbeck-Mannesmann
Otakar Brousek	Oscar von Potiorek
Stanislav Zindulka	Eugen Ketterle
Jiří Klem	Jovan Jovanić
Jitka Žídková	Lída Kavanová

Dáša Neblechová	Kavan's Mother-in-Law
Blanka Blahníková	Uršula
Drahoslava Landsmanová	Schönbeck's Wife
Oldřich Velen
Jiří Wohanka
Milan Sandhaus
Josef Šebek
Roman Hemala
Roman Janoušek
Zdeněk Podhůrský
Marek Pavlovský
Jan Cmíral
Hugo Kaminský
Milan Mach
Vladimír Pospíšil
Milan Riehs
Jindřich Narenta
Dana Klossová
Otto Kinský
Antonín Gája
Eva Hořánková
Vladimír Huber
Jiří Strach
Ruth Reinecke	Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt
Ernst Steiner	Prince Friedrich von Pourtalès
Eckhard Bilz
Vera Kuznetsova
Anzhelika Nevolina	Maid with a Dress
Leoš Kaltofen
Petr Skarke
Roman Hájek
Michal Kocourek
Stanislav Lehký
Tomáš Valík
Josef Vrána
František Vláčil ml.
J. Kropáček
Miloš Mikula	Musician
Jiří Mindl	Musician
V. Kalivoda	Musician
Vojtěch Šebestík	Musician
Jiří Adamíra	Narrator (voice)
Jan Schánilec	Sergei Dmitryevich Sazonov (voice)
Jiří Samek	Helmuth von Moltke (voice)
Petr Pelzer	Count István Tisza (voice)
Soběslav Sejk	Count Karl Stürgh (voice)
Karel Pospíšil	Baron Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (voice)
Pavel Soukup	Lord Edward Grey (voice)
Libuše Geprtová	Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt (voice)
Rudolf Pellar	Prince Friedrich von Pourtalès (voice)
Ilona Svobodová	Maid with a Dress (voice)
Oldřich Janovský	German Crown Councillor (voice)
Karel Hlušička	German Crown Councillor (voice)
Pavel Pípal	Russian General (voice)
Jiří Pleskot	Mitič (voice)
Boris Rösner	Adjutant to Wilhelm II (voice)
Vlastimil Zavřel	Servant of Wilhelm II (voice)
Josef Velda	Servant of Wilhelm II (voice)
Pavel Rímský	Adjutant to Nicholas II
Bedřich Šetena	Jules Cambon (voice)
Karel Chromík	German Ship Captain (voice)
Ferdinand Krůta	German Court Physician (voice)
Jaroslav Vágner	German General (voice)
Vladimír Kudla	Russian Officer (voice)
Bohuslav Kalva	Russian Doorman (voice)
Josef Nedorost	German Sailor (voice)
Luděk Nešleha	Russian Lieutenant (voice)

Genres

HistoryDrama

Technical details

Detail	Value
Original title	Evropa tančila valčík
Original language	Český (CS)
Spoken languages	Český
Production countries	Czechoslovakia
Status	Released
Release date	1 ottobre 1989
Writer	Miloš Václav Kratochvíl
Editing	Miroslav Hájek, Magda Hájková, Helena Lehovcová
Cinematography	Andrej Barla, Karel Dobřichovský, Bohumil Vodička, Soňa Nemcová, Karel Ješátko
Assistant directors	Milan Kadlec, Stanislav Čumbál Rovný, Edita Seidlová, Otakar Vávra, Ivana Malíková
Lighting	Jiří Novák
Camera operators	Karel Dobřichovský, Andrej Barla, Bohumil Vodička, Soňa Nemcová, Karel Ješátko
Additional photography	Andrej Barla, Karel Dobřichovský, Bohumil Vodička, Soňa Nemcová, Karel Ješátko
Production design	Jindřich Goetz, Vladimír Heiser, Vera Flašarová, Eva Slívová, Jiří Dvořák, Michal Erazim, Jiří Matějka

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XC / Oct 01, 1989

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