White Crow
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1938Production year
1938Premiere
9 September 1938Runtime
112 minDirector
Vladimír SlavínskýCategory
filmGenre
music, comedy, operettaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Bílá vránaCzech title
Bílá vránaEnglish title
White CrowSynopsis
Dubanský, the indebted owner of a castle, sees the marriage of his daughter Jana with the son of his childhood friend Bernard, now a millionaire, as the only way out of his debts. Without the young people knowing each other, the arranged marriage is against both of their wishes. Dubanský himself marries a swindler who passes herself off as a rich American, and they leave on their honeymoon to the Tatras. In the meantime the enterprising staff let the castle under the title Bílá vrána (The White Crow) to guests of the resort. Jana Dubanská works here as a chambermaid and hires herself out as an attendant to a millionaire who keeps his identity a secret. Filomen Dubanský in the end must sell the castle to an unknown buyer. He also discovers that his wife is a cheat and so is pleased when she is carried off to jail. The congenial millionaire's son André asks daughter Jana's hand in marriage and gives her as a wedding gift the former castle of her father.
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Cast
Jindřich Plachta
majitel zámku Filomen Dubanský
Adina Mandlová
Jana Dubanská, dcera majitele zámku
František Krištof-Veselý
komorník u Dubanského Jindřich Sháněl
Stanislav Strnad
průmyslník dr. André Bernard alias Jiří Belan
Růžena Šlemrová
Lucie Boučková, choť obchodního rady
Aša Vašátková
Jarmila Boučková, dcera
Raoul Schránil
podvodník Karel Bulan
Světla Svozilová
Marcela Havlíková, Bulanova společnice
Eva Gerová
agentka Eva Dušková, později pokojská
Hermína Vojtová
matka Evy Duškové
Jára Kohout
kuchař a bývalý hoteliér Petr Konvalinka
Sláva Grossmann
bankéř Bursík
Ella Nollová
bytná Evy
Jan W. Speerger
zahradník u Dubanského
Slávka Rosenbergová
host v penzionu
Dagmar Appelová
dcera dámy v penzionu
Věra Skalská
dívka v baru
Jindřich Láznička
muž v baru
Julius Baťha
člen kolaudační komise
František Filipovský
číšník
Robert Ford
ředitel hotelu
Jiří Hron
novomanžel Richard Moudrý
Jan Černý
dražitel
Josef Kotalík
dražitel
Alois Peterka
dražitel
Bolek Prchal
policejní inspektor
Miloš Šubrt
otec Evy Duškové
Stanislav Bláha
Bursíkův společník
Václav Mlčkovský
ředitel baru
Josef Venclů
houslista
Richard Záhorský
číšník v baru
Karel Postranecký
osobní tajemník dr. Bernarda
Ferry Seidl
člen kolaudační komise
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Bedřich Šulc (Bílá vrána – opereta), František Ketzek (Bílá vrána – opereta)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Svatební pochod)
Music Performed by
Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Josef Dobeš)
Songs
Kamarádi, hlavy vzhůru (pochod)
Song Composer Josef Kumok
Writer of Lyrics František KetzekBedřich Šulc
Singer sbor
Od všeho kousek (tango)
Song Composer Josef Kumok
Writer of Lyrics František KetzekBedřich Šulc
Singer František Krištof-Veselý
Když si bere chudý chudou (valčík)
Song Composer Josef Kumok
Writer of Lyrics František KetzekBedřich Šulc
Singer František Krištof-VeselýEva Gérovásbor
Už je mi šestnáct pryč (tango)
Song Composer Josef Kumok
Writer of Lyrics František KetzekBedřich Šulc
Singer Jindřich Plachta [dab]
Bílá vrána (fox)
Song Composer Josef Kumok
Writer of Lyrics František KetzekBedřich Šulc
Singer František Krištof-Veselý
Svatební chorál
Production info
Original Title
Bílá vrána
Czech Title
Bílá vrána
English Title
White Crow
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
music, comedy, operetta
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1938
Production Year
1938
Production specifications
start of filming 5 June 1938
end of filming 22 June 1938
date of censorship 08/1938
date of censorship 11/1939
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
Premiere
premiere 9 September 1938 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Juliš /2 týdny/ a Světozor /2 týdny/, Praha)
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
112 min
Original length in metres
3 200 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,33
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Tobis – Klang
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
