Cesta řeky k moři
From The Spaghetti Western Database
Cesta řeky k moři (Czechoslovakia, 1966 / Director: Ludvík Ráža)
- Runtime: 126 min.
- Release Date: 1966, TV Movie
Also known as
Journey of the River to the Sea (English unofficial title).
Cast and Crew
- Cast: Radoslav Brzobohatý (Martin Eden), Blanka Bohdanová (Ruth Morse), Rudolf Jelínek (Artur Morse), Marie Vášová (Mrs. Morse), Vladimír Šmeral (judge Blount), Radovan Lukavský (poet Brissenden), Dana Medřická, (Marie Sylva), Josef Větrovec (Mr. Higginbotham), Jiřina Jirásková (Truda Higginbotham), Jiřina Bohdalová (Lisa Bonnolly), Oto Šimánek (Joseph), Vladimír Brabec (Jim Kelly), Vladimír Strach (inkeeper Joe), Josef Bek (editor-in-chief), Mirko Musil (steward)
- Story: Jack London (novel: Martin Eden)
- Screenplay: Lída Vilímová, Jiří Procházka
- Cinematography: Věra Štinglová
- Music: Ladislav Simon
- Editor: Marie Burešová
- Choreography: Pavel Šmok
- Art decorator: Karel Lier
- Set decorator: Karel Lier
- Costume designer: Irena Nývltová
- Make-up artist: Josef Adamička
- Sound: Karel Dittrich, Karel Cajthaml
- Producer: Marcella Landischová
Synopsis
TV adaption of the novel "Martin Eden" by Jack London. The former sailor Martin Eden falls in love with the educated and cultured middle-class woman Ruth. He wants to excel as a writer. After a series of failures, living in poverty and in difficult conditions, and after he loses the love he longed for and falls into alcoholism, he unexpectedly gains popularity, fame and wealth.