Song of Ruthenia
A B&W film poem of the Czech countryside and Weiss’s personal favorite of his early shorts. Mythical images of mountains and streams and rural farmers tilling the land make this a precursor to the mystical visions of the forest in ‘The Golden Fern’. Filmed traveling on horseback through the mountains of Ruthenia (then part of Czecholovakia, now part of Ukraine), shooting the diverse community with Ruthenians (Slavs), Jews and Roma all living in the same area.
Song of Ruthenia
January 1, 1937
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Cast (1)
Vladimír Šmeral
Commentary (voice)
Crew (5)
Directing
Jiří Weiss
Director
Writing
K.M. Walló
Screenplay
Production
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Jiří Srnka
Original Music Composer
František Šindelář
Sound
Art
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Václav Hanuš
Director of Photography