Martinů Festtage 2026 | Kaprálová

Wednesday 28 October 2026, 6.00 pm
Stadtkino Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Film | Kaprálová
A composer caught between tradition and the legacy of Martinů. A Czech documentary film from 2025.
Film duration: 70 minutes; the screening will be followed by a discussion.

Screenplay and direction: Petr Záruba
Cinematography: Nina Bernfeld, Petr Záruba
Dramaturgy: Eliška Cílková
Sound design: Martin Stýblo
Editing: Josef Krajbich
Production: Alice Tabéry 
Post-screening discussion: Petr Záruba, Alice Tabéry

Featuring Steven Isserlis, Adam Plachetka, Bianca Maretti, Lauren Fleming, Renata Arado and others. 

The Czech documentary Kaprálová follows the final years in Paris of the composer and conductor Vítězslava Kaprálová, who died at a tragically young age. The film holds particular significance within the Martinů Festtage programme because of the close and complex relationship between Vítězslava Kaprálová and Bohuslav Martinů.

The documentary explores Kaprálová’s life and creative work, focusing especially on the final period of her life in Paris. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the film’s director and screenwriter Petr Záruba and producer Alice Tabéry.

More information: https://martinu.ch/programm/kapralova-komponistin-zwischen-tradition-und-dem-erbe-martinus/