The Song of Gold

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1920

Production year

1920

Premiere

21 January 1921

Runtime

70 min

Category

film

Genre

drama, fantastic

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Film state

lost film

Original title

Zpěv zlata

Czech title

Zpěv zlata

English title

The Song of Gold

Parallel title

Vetřelec

English parallel title

The Intruder

Synopsis

The young chemist Edgar Zoran discovers a synthetic method of producing petrol but neither he nor his friend Miloš Křešín have any money to buy a production factory. Zoran decides to turn to the banker Dombs with a request for a loan. He goes to visit Dombs but finds a thief there instead. He decides to catch the thief himself, thereby earning Dombs's gratitude. However, he cannot resist "borrowing" the money the thief had been about to steal. He leaves a note for the banker saying that he will return the money within a month and also a love letter for the banker's beautiful nephew Andrea. However, he does not sign either of the letters. Zoran then succeeds in buying the factory. Miloš does not believe that Zoran has acquired the money by honest means and breaks up the partnership. Zoran is also abandoned by his fianceé Věra whose father is investigating the robbery. Exactly to the month, Zoran appears at Dombs's house to return the money but Dombs calls the police. It is Andrea who saves him from imprisonment - she could not wait to discover who had written her the love letter. Dombs gets his money back and Zoran is given Andrea's hand in marriage. (According to promotional material issued at the time the film was made.)

Note

The film materials are believed lost.

Cast

Karel Lamač

chemik Edgar Zoran

J. O. Ralk

Zoranův přítel Miloš Křešín

Alice Hechy /ž/

Věra Krylová, Zoranova snoubenka a dcera soudního rady

Luigi Hofman

L. G. Dombs, ředitel úvěrní banky

Anny Ondráková

Andrea Dombsonová, ředitelova neteř

Karel Lamač st.

soudce Kryl

Josef Maas

prokurista banky

Crew and creators

Screenstory

Jan S. Kolár

Screenplay

Jan S. Kolár

Director of Photography

Otto Heller

Production Designer

Fritz Kraenke

Production info

Original Title

Zpěv zlata

Czech Title

Zpěv zlata

English Title

The Song of Gold

Parallel Title

Vetřelec

English Parallel Title

The Intruder

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Film state

lost film

Genre

drama, fantastic

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1920

Production Year

1920

Production specifications

date of censorship 3 January 1921
date of censorship 6 April 1933

Premiere

preview 4 December 1920 (kino Lucerna, Praha)
premiere 21 January 1921 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Lucerna, Invalidů a Lido bio, Praha)

Production

Josef Maas

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Rexfilm

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

70 min

Original length in metres

2 000 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