Review – Ninadel
Hudeček's television Rose Mary is a very strange work. It is based on the famous American operetta by Friml and Stothart from 1924. At first glance, one would like to say that it is a parody, where bad taste alternates with pathos and hysteria. The beauty of the Canadian Rocky Mountains is replaced by the Czech autumn muddy landscape. The western scenery is only symbolic; the costumes are cheap and obviously unpleasant for the actors... But the question arises why? Although the western was an explicitly festive genre for Czech film and television, the popular operetta has become at home in our country even in this scenery. It has been performed many times throughout the country since 1928 and has survived the post-war (and post-revolutionary) selection. In the 1960s, Friml even visited one of the productions at the HDK himself. But in this production, we are left with only a look at the terrible performances of Preissová/Preiss as the main lovers, the Indian Medvecká, Obermaierová/Štěpnička as a brothel and desperate, bored Kostka, Němec and Svojtka. The only ones who understood what genre he was in were Filipovský and Svobodová in the episodes with their lines "madam, I bring you a letter." Film versions were made in 1928, 1936 and 1954, of which the one with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy can be recommended, of course. *****
A 1977 Czechoslovakian television production
Producer:
Director: Václav Hudeček
Story: “Rose Marie” by Rudolf Friml
Teleplay: Václav Hudeček
Photography: Ilja Bojanovský
Music: Rudolf Friml
Running time: 105 minutes
Story: The most famous operetta by the American composer of Czech origin Rudolf Friml, inspired by the romance of the Wild West, about the love of the charming Rose Mary and the gold digger Jim.
Cast:
Rose Mary - Jana Preissová
Wanda - Tána Medvecká (Taťjana Medvecká)
Lady Jane - Jaroslava Obermaierová
Ethel - Eva Klenová
Jim - Viktor Preiss
Hermann - Jiří Štěpnička
Malon - Petr Kostka
Hawley - František Němec
Emil - Petr Svojtka
Black Eagle - Josef Čáp
Rudy Sup - Bohumil Bezouska
Listonos - František Filipovský
With: Eva Svobodová, Irena Pešicová, Marta Boháčová, Libuše Márová, Libuše Hošťálková, Daniela Šounová, René Tuček, Karel Průša
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