The Lady From the Bar
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1924Production year
1924Premiere
1 April 1925Runtime
91 minDirector
Hans OttoCategory
filmGenre
drama, love storyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Dáma z baruCzech title
Dáma z baruEnglish title
The Lady From the BarSynopsis
The elderly wealthy man Kwiatowski spends his evenings in the bar where he worships the beautiful Manon. She, however, has fallen in love with the naive Mario, an occasional visitor to the bar who impresses Manon with his refined behaviour. She marries him but soon she is bored by domestic life. She begins to frequent the bar once more where Kwiatkowski showers attention on her. Mario discovers that the money Manon has is not from her rich aunt in Lvov, as Manon had claimed. The aunt comes unexpectedly to visit Manon's husband and Mario sees that she is very poor. Manon, after a struggle with her conscience, decides to break from the past and she leaves the bar forever. But it is too late. Mario had, in the past, tried to acquire money through embezzlement and now he had been discovered. The young man shoots himself in his despair.
Note
In agreement with the German producer, one part of the German film Moderne Ehen (Sins within Marriage) was made in a Czech production with Czech actors. In 1931 the film was presented once more as an independent short film Lady from the Bar.
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Cast
Suzanne Marwille
bardáma Manon
Karel Lamač
bankovní úředník Mario Zeman
Theodor Pištěk
boháč Kwiatowský
Mario Karas
Jiří Borský, Mariův přítel
Joe Jenčík
Ferry, Manonin bratr
Karel Veselý
člen vyšetřovací komise
Saša Dobrovolná
Manonina teta
Bonda Szynglarski
číšník
Jan W. Speerger
host v baru
Ella Voldánová
bankovní úřednice
Ella Hrabánková
dítě – tanečnice
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Production info
Original Title
Dáma z baru
Czech Title
Dáma z baru
English Title
The Lady From the Bar
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama, love story
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1924
Production Year
1924
Production specifications
date of censorship 02/1931
Premiere
premiere 1 April 1925 /inaccessible for youths/
renewed premiere 02/1931 /inaccessible for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Josef Kokeisl (původní 1925 a obnoená 1931)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
91 min
Original length in metres
2 600 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
