Balada pro banditu (English: A Ballad for a Bandit) is a Czech stage musical play and film with music by Miloš Štědroň and screenplay by Milan Uhde.^[1]

Story

Songs by camp fire based on the novel Nikola Šuhaj loupežník (The Bandit Nikola Šuhaj) by Ivan Olbracht. Actors sing to guitar accompaniment the song "Guy from Kolochava".

Film

• Directed by Vladimír Sís.
• Nikola Šuhaj .... Miroslav Donutil
• Erzsika .... Iva Bittová
• Morana .... Blanka Rudová
• Erzsika's father .... František Derfler
• Erzsika's brother .... Martin Havelka
• Nikola's brother .... Petr Maláč
• Mageri ..... Bolek Polívka
• Chief Policeman .... Jiří Pecha
• Derbak .... Pavel Zatloukal
• Derbaková .... Evelyna Steimarová
• Danko .... Vladimír Hauser
• Uhrín .... Daniel Dítě
• Morana's sister .... Michaela Dudová
• Morana's sister .... Alice Hásová
• Gravedigger .... Rudy Kovanda
• Kubeš .... Pavel Nový
• František Kocourek
• Gustav Opočenský
• Greenhorns

Premiere cast - Divadlo Husa na Provázku, Brno

• Directed by Zdeněk Pospíšil. The play had its première in Spring 1975.
• Nikola Šuhaj .... Miroslav Donutil
• Erzsika .... Iva Bittová
• Morana .... Blanka Rudová
• Erzsika's father .... František Derfler
• Erzsika's brother .... Martin Havelka
• Nikola's brother .... Petr Maláč
• Mageri ..... Bolek Polívka
• Chief Policeman .... Jiří Pecha
• Derbak .... Pavel Zatloukal
• Derbaková .... Evelyna Steimarová
• Danko .... Vladimír Hauser
• Uhrín .... Daniel Dítě
• Morana's sister .... Michaela Dudová
• Morana's sister .... Alice Hásová
• Gravedigger .... Rudy Kovanda
• Kubeš .... Pavel Nový
• František Kocourek
• Gustav Opočenský
• Greenhorns

Divadlo Šumperk

• Directed by Ondrej Elbel. The premiere took place on 31 October 2009 in 7:30 p.m. in theatre in Šumperk.
• Nikola Šohaj .... Václav Vítek
• Erzsika .... Lenka Koštáková
• Morana .... Olga Kaštická
• Mageri .... Petr Komínek
• Derbak .... Jiří Bartoň
• Oreb Danko, Jura Šohaj .... Vojtěch Lipina
• Commander of Police Officer's .... Lukáš Matěj
• Andrej, Kubeš, Icu Šohaj .... Jan Kroneisl
• Drač, gendarme Bouda .... Petr Král
• Granny Derbaková .... Bohdana Pavlíková
• Mrs. Derbaková's daughter, a girl of Kolochava .... Vendula Fialová
• Mailman, gendarme .... Jiří Konečný
• Gendarme .... Pavel Orság

Songs

• Zabili, zabili (They killed, They killed)
• Křížem, krážem (Crisscross)
• Tmavá nocka (The Dark Night)
• Ani tak nehoří (Not So Much Burn)
• Nepůjdu od tebe (I will not go from you)
• Šibeničky (Small Gallows)
• Nebudu orat ani set
• Pod javorem (Under the Maple)
• Tam u řeky na kraji
• Tam na hoře (Up There)
• Pojďme chlapci pojďme krást
• Kamarádi moji (My Friends)
• Večer mizí
• Chodí horou 300 ovec
• Dobrý večer nám (Good Evening Us)
• Jatelinka dobrá
• Stavěli, stavěli
• Řekněte mamce, prokrista (Tell mum, for Christ's sake)