Basic Info
Release: January 01, 1941

The Eternal Song

1941
Overview

Karol Plicka was an important musician and composer. He recorded folk songs immediately after hearing them in musical notation to preserve them for future generations. Similarly, he records and interprets traditions associated with dance, folk song and local stories that vary from region to region in his film The Eternal Song. The short documentary presents merry-making in Slovak and Czech regions that are changing with the coming modernization and transformation of musical records.

Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
  • Czechoslovakia
Spoken Languages
  • Czech cs

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Cast
Karel Beníško
Commentary (voice)
Crew
Karel Baroch
Screenplay
Karel Plicka
Director
Karel Plicka
Screenplay