Spoiled Blood
Country
Austria-HungaryCopyright
1913Production year
1913Premiere
23 January 1914Runtime
25 minDirector
Alois WiesnerCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionshortFilm state
lost filmOriginal title
Zkažená krevCzech title
Zkažená krevEnglish title
Spoiled BloodSynopsis
Vojtěch Karásek is a young, talented woodcarver who has fallen in love with Baruška, the daughter of a former weaver but who is now the thief Šlapák. Vojtěch's grandfather, a verger, therefore refuses to give his consent to their marriage. Šlapák visits the priest Štěpanovský and asks him to put in a good word for the young couple. The priest agrees after Vojtěch threatens that, if they cannot marry, he will take Baruška off to America with him. Baruška goes to see the priest for confession and admits to a minor theft she committed in her childhood but she promises him that she will better herself. When she is leaving the church she finds a brooch which Mrs. Sedlnická had lost and Baruška cannot help keeping it for herself. Mrs. Sedlnická comes back immediately for the brooch and the verger at once suspects the girl of the theft. In front of Vojtěch and Šlapák he has her searched and the brooch is found in Baruška's possession. Vojtěch subsequently rejects his beloved and returns to the arms of his wise grandfather. (According to the stage play.)
Note
Information from an interview with Katy Kaclová-Vališová. Verified by six photographs from Czech World magazine (Český svět), year X, no.21, 1914. The film keeps fairly close to the stage play; at the end, however, a scene was added in which Baruška kills herself. The film materials are believed lost.
Photos
Cast
Alois Wiesner
bývalý tkadlec Šlapák, nyní zloděj
Katy Kaclová-Vališová
Baruška Šlapáková, Šlapákova dcera
Otokar Alferi
řezbář Vojtěch, Baruščin milý
Rybáková
Baruščina matka
Josef Godek
farář Jan Štěpanovský
Vilém Weiss
kostelník Karásek, Vojtěchův dědeček
Magda Škrdlíková
hraběnka Tekla Sedlnická, svobodná paní z Choltic
František Fořt
Baruščin bratr
Emil Řeřábek
četník
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Ladislav Stroupežnický (Zkažená krev – divadelní hra)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production info
Original Title
Zkažená krev
Czech Title
Zkažená krev
English Title
Spoiled Blood
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Film state
lost film
Genre
drama
Origin country
Austria-Hungary
Copyright
1913
Production Year
1913
Premiere
premiere 23 January 1914
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
25 min
Original length in metres
722 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
