attn.: editor I think there is an error here. The Barrandov studios in Prague made a film version in 1975 with a singing cast (the actors were members of the Barrandov roster) drawn mainly from the National Theatre. The Metropolitan Opera version which features the cast you list for this entry was telecast in 1978. And for the record, Barrandov filmed an earlier version, in 1933. There also is the 1932 German film which starred Jarmila Novotna. My personal preference is for the 1975 Barrandov film, which was shot on location in the southern Bohemian town of Holasovice. all told, Barrandov filmed three operas virtually complete in the postwar years: Smetana's Dalibor and Dvorak's Rusalka (which has Mrs. Vaclav Havel in a brief non-singing role).
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