Galgin's Mysterious Case
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1923Production year
1923Premiere
21 March 1924Runtime
88 minDirector
Václav KubásekCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Záhadný případ GalginůvCzech title
Záhadný případ GalginůvEnglish title
Galgin's Mysterious CaseParallel title
Hrabě Jaromir z Kolouratů / Hrabě Jaromír z KolovratůWorking title
Případ GalginůvSynopsis
Marie is disillusioned with her marriage. Her husband Arthur is never at home, constantly going out to parties. On his way to see a former lover, Arthur is injured in a train accident. He loses his memory and, when his documents are exchanged, he is considered dead. Konstantin, who is courting Marie for her wealth, seizes the opportunity and marries her. Arthur finds his way to a gamekeeper's lodge and is mistaken for the lost husband of the gamekeeper's daughter, Rosa Mathisová. Arthur finally settles into the lodge and Rosa bears him a son. During a fight with Rosa's former lover Ondřej, Arthur is hit on the head and his memory returns. His true identity is also confirmed by the courts. Konstantin doesn't want to give Marie up so that he doesn't lose out financially. Arthur therefore pays him off and he also employs Rosa and her real husband Mathis, who has returned from his wanderings, on his estate. Finally Marie and he decide to adopt the boy.
Note
The film contains clever use of double special effects. For a long time the film was considered lost. In 1992 it was acquired from the collection at George Eastman House in Rochester where it had been stored under the title "Count Jaromir from Kolourat." The English-Czech intertitles and the introductory titles include different names of characters from those contained in the Czech descripiton of the film at the time it was made (in this case the differing roles are given after a dash).
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Cast
Theodor Pištěk
statkář Artur Galgin z Bernhutu – hrabě Jaromír z Kolovratů/tulák Mathis – tulák Matys
Xenie Alexandrovna Carelli
Galginova choť Mary – hraběnka Marie
Marie Fingerová
Mathisova žena Rosa
Ferenc Futurista
Konstantin – baron Petr z Nemanic
Karel Fiala
farář
Jaroslav Vojta
venkovský hrubián Ondřej, Rosin milenec
Josef Šváb-Malostranský
starý sluha Tomáš
Boža Holoubková
Thea Fanchetta – Kamila
Jan W. Speerger
Konstantinův přítel
Rudolf Myzet
Konstantinův přítel
Alois Charvát
dřevorubec
Saša Dobrovolná
dřevorubcova žena
Otakar Pařík
venkovan
Alois Dvorský
soudní písař
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Based on
Otomar Schäfer (Nerozřešitelný případ Galginův – povídka z knihy Hrdina Lackmann a jiné povídky)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Production info
Original Title
Záhadný případ Galginův
Czech Title
Záhadný případ Galginův
English Title
Galgin's Mysterious Case
Parallel Title
Hrabě Jaromir z Kolouratů / Hrabě Jaromír z Kolovratů
Working Title
Případ Galginův
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
melodrama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1923
Production Year
1923
Production specifications
date of censorship 9 February 1923
Premiere
premiere 21 March 1924 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Světozor a Slavia, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
88 min
Original length in metres
2 500 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
Awards
Vítěz
Event: Soutěž Filmové ligy československé na původní filmové libreto
1922
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Marie Schäferová-Holešovská
