Eduard Bass: Circus Humberto (series)

Eduard Bass's novel Circus Humberto was published during the years of occupation, although it was written in 1930. Most readers saw it as a moral boost in the difficult times of the war, as the story of several generations of circus performers showed the indomitability and hard work of Czech performers, acrobats and "daddies". Here Bass describes the most famous period of travelling circuses and their downfall in the early twentieth century. We begin to follow the story of the circus with the arrival of Antonín Karas, a bricklayer whose need for work leads him to the circus. He brings his son Vasik, who will play a significant role in the history of the famous Humberto Circus. The director Jiří Horčička, a number of well-known actors and one of the beautiful dramatizations that has not aged. Persons and cast: narrator (Petr Kostka), Berwitz / Bures (Milan Mach), Karel Kerholec (Ladislav Mrkvička), Ferenc Vosátka / Gambier / Harwey / Kranz (Miroslav Moravec), Möseke, Innkeeper At the Sailor's Bride / Malina / Hans / Humberto / The Innkeeper's Grandfather (Jiří Sovák), Anton Karas / Vasek Karas old (Eduard Cupák), Vasek Karas (Petr Stepanek), Helenka (Jana Preissová), Berwitz / Alice Harwey / Mrs. Kostečková (Růžena Merunková), Achmed Romeo, Paolo's father / von Schönstein alias Mr. Gaudeamus / Mr. Kostečka (Josef Somr), Paolo / Count Palacic (Václav Postránecký).