The Horseshoe

Country

Austria-Hungary

Copyright

1913

Production year

1913

Premiere

24 October 1913

Runtime

8 min

Director

Max Urban

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Film state

lost film

Original title

Podkova

Czech title

Podkova

English title

The Horseshoe

Synopsis

A comic story about a man who finds a lucky horseshoe and thinks that he will have luck all his life. He is, however, plagued by accidents so he takes the horseshoe back to where he found it.

Note

The film materials are believed lost.

Cast

Karel Váňa

kmotr Váňa

Crew and creators

Director

Max Urban

Director of Photography

Max Urban

Production info

Original Title

Podkova

Czech Title

Podkova

English Title

The Horseshoe

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Film state

lost film

Genre

comedy

Origin country

Austria-Hungary

Copyright

1913

Production Year

1913

Premiere

premiere 24 October 1913 (kino Lucerna, Praha)

Production

ASUM

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

ASUM

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

8 min

Original length in metres

230 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,33

Colour

black & white

Sound

silent

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

without dialogue

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Intertitles languages

Czech

Opening/End credits languages

Czech