Grand Prix
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1922Production year
1922Premiere
3 November 1922Runtime
107 minDirector
Vladimír SlavínskýCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
O velkou cenuCzech title
O velkou cenuEnglish title
Grand PrixParallel title
Závod o životEnglish parallel title
Race for LifeSynopsis
Former racing driver Harry Vard, who has promised his wife that he will no longer race, is now working as an engineer in a car factory and he guarantees a loan which comes to no good. Finding himself in dire straits, he agrees to take part in a race but is killed during his practice runs. His daughter Nelly is faced with improper advances from the owner of the car factory Sylvan, she places her younger brother and sister into a convent to be looked after and takes herself off to her grandmother, Mrs Jelínková. She starts a job. Before this time she had broken up with the student Karel without knowing that he is the son of František Lír, owner of rival car factory Meteor. Sylvan keeps a letter of apology which Karel had written. Ten months later another car race is being organised. Sylvan abducts racing driver Lagavec who was to drive the new car manufactured by the rival company. Nelly takes part in the race for Meteor and she wins; however, she faints from exhaustion. In the hospital she meets Karel Lír and, when he learns of the past, he challenges Sylvan to a fight. Nelly becomes Karel's wife and her brother and sister find a new grandfather in old Lír.
Note
The film contains authentic shots from the Zbraslav-Jíloviště race.
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Cast
Miloš Vávra
Karel Lir
Nelly Bonda
Nelly Vardová
Eduard Ševčík
Nellin otec Ing. Harry Vard
Béďa Pražský
malý Mirek
Mánička Navrátilová
malá Věrka
Přemysl Pražský
Ing. Alfons Sylvan
Jan W. Speerger
sekretář továrny Meteor Jan Luk
Karel Fiala
majitel továrny Meteor František Lír
Luigi Hofman
Ing. František Rudník
Ria Pilnerová
Zuzi Rajková, Nellina přítelkyně
Saša Dobrovolná
babička Jelínková
Václav Žichovský
starý pán v parku
Marie Pellerová
hospodyně u Vardů
Ferry Seidl
montér Donát
Josef Volman
Sylvanův šofér
Josef Ploenke
ředitel továrny Meteor
Tony Kumpera
závodník na voze číslo 1
Miloš Havel
závodník
Alfred Baštýř
rozhodčí na závodech
František Marek (3)
lékař
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Production info
Original Title
O velkou cenu
Czech Title
O velkou cenu
English Title
Grand Prix
Parallel Title
Závod o život
English Parallel Title
Race for Life
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
melodrama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1922
Production Year
1922
Premiere
premiere 3 November 1922 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Koruna a Invalidů, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
107 min
Original length in metres
3 050 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,33
Colour
tinting, black & white
Sound
silent
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
without dialogue
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Intertitles languages
Czech
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
