Laughter and Tears

Country

Austria-Hungary

Copyright

1898

Production year

1898

Premiere

07/1898

Runtime

1 min

Category

film

Genre

anecdote

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Smích a pláč

Czech title

Smích a pláč

English title

Laughter and Tears

Parallel title

Pláč a smích / Tvář Švába-Malostranského / Sólový výstup p. Švába

English parallel title

Tears and Laughter / The Face of Šváb-Malostranský

Synopsis

Svab's face, shot close-up, in a mimicry of laughter and tears.

Note

The film was shot and screened in the Czech Cinematograph Pavilion during the Exhibition of Architecture and Engineering at the Prague Exhibition Grounds, which lasted from June to October 1898. – A letter from Josef Šváb-Malostranský to Jan Kříženecký and Josef Pokorný, dated 30th of April 1898, is stored at the National Technical Museum, in which Josef Šváb-Malostranský offers to "put together several comic scenes" for Czech Cinematograph. On the basis of this proposal came the film Smích a pláč (Laughter and Tears).

Crew and creators

Director of Photography

Jan Kříženecký

Locations

Praha, Bubeneč (Praha), Výstaviště (Bubeneč)

Production info

Original Title

Smích a pláč

Czech Title

Smích a pláč

English Title

Laughter and Tears

Parallel Title

Pláč a smích / Tvář Švába-Malostranského / Sólový výstup p. Švába

English Parallel Title

Tears and Laughter / The Face of Šváb-Malostranský

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

anecdote

Origin country

Austria-Hungary

Copyright

1898

Production Year

1898

Premiere

premiere 07/1898 (Výstava architektury a inženýrství na pražském Výstavišti)
renewed premiere 30 August 2018 /suitable for all ages without limit/

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Národní filmový archiv (obnovená 2018)

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

1 min

Original length in metres

17 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm, DCP 2-D

Aspect ratio

1:1,33, 1:1,26

Colour

black & white

Sound

silent

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

without dialogue

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Intertitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

without subtitles