The Torn Photograph
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1921Production year
1921Premiere
31 December 1921Runtime
27 minDirector
Jan S. KolárCategory
filmGenre
burlesqueTypology
featuretheatrical distributionshortOriginal title
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The Torn PhotographSynopsis
Four weary old bachelors are driving back from a party. They fall asleep on the divan and they dream that fairies are dancing around them - a symbol of nuptials. In the morning, however, they swear that they will never marry. Hardly a year goes by and one of them, engineer Hanč, breaks his promise. He gets an invitation to another bachelors' party and he tries to hide it from his wife Běla. Běla finds out the real reason for his departure and she drives by car to the hotel where the party is being held and arrives before he does. She rents out the room next door and she sees the four friends together; she also notices her husband take off his wedding ring. At midnight Běla pretends that she has been attacked and she runs out of her room. Everyone starts searching her room and they suddenly find her photograph with her head torn off. In the morning Hanč finds the rest of the photograph. He realises he has been found out and he goes to see her in her room.
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Cast
Theodor Pištěk
Ing. Lubor Hanč
Nataša Cyganková
Hančova žena Běla
Josef Rovenský
Richard Dostál, Hančův přítel
Rudolf Myzet
Maria Klos, Hančův přítel
František Beranský
Váša Palec, Hančův přítel
Josef Šváb-Malostranský
Hančův sluha/vrátný v hotelu
Jan W. Speerger
číšník v hotelu
Karel Noll
profesor Přástevník
Alois Katz-Bouny
tlustý muž v hotelu
Betty Kysilková
tlustá žena v hotelu
Karel Schleichert
starý záletník v hotelu
Marie Veselá
domovnice
František Kudláček
venkovan s dýmkou
Josef Šula
hotelový host
František Mecera
pikolík
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Production info
Original Title
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Czech Title
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English Title
The Torn Photograph
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
burlesque
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1921
Production Year
1921
Production specifications
start of filming 23 December 1921
end of filming 30 December 1921
Premiere
premiere 31 December 1921 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Lucerna, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
27 min
Original length in metres
650 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
