Tarnation!

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1926

Production year

1926

Premiere

3 September 1926

Runtime

77 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Film state

lost film

Original title

Prach a broky

Czech title

Prach a broky

English title

Tarnation!

Synopsis

Director of an estate Šnábl did not like the head forester Mrázek who has discovered his illegal trade with wood, thus he also takes his hatred out on all Mrázek's subordinates. The adjunct Chvojka has fallen in love with Šnábl's daughter. Šnábl will not hear of such a union, despite the tears and pleas of his daughter. The young trainee Bobeš and the elderly adjunct Cvrčala are showering their affections on the chief forester's daughter Lidunka. And baron Oskar, in turn, seeks out the daughter of the wealthy landownder Zvolský for her rich dowry, because he himself is in great debt. "That is how life went on at the Zvolský estate - the drinking and above all the loving." Šnábl, in his attempts to conspire against the head forester, joins up with poachers but, in the end, he only causes Lorinka and Chojka to break up. At the carnival ball, however, the lovers reconcile and Šnábl, under threat that his intrigues will be revealed to his wife, consents for them to be married. (According to promotional material issued at the time the film was made.)

Note

The film materials are believed lost. Working shots are included in the film How films were made in our country (put together by Bohumil Veselý, 1954)

Cast

Karel Fiala

velkostatkář Zvolský

Theodor Pištěk

ředitel panství Šnábl

Xena Longenová

vdova Šroubková

Václav Srb

hajný Mařánek

Milka Balek-Brodská

Mařánkova žena

Vladimír Borský

lesní adjunkt Chvojka

Jindřich Plachta

lesní adjunkt Cvrčala

Josef Oliak

nadlesní Šavrda

Jarmila Vacková

Šavrdova dcera Lidunka

Jaroslava Skorkovská

Zvolského dcera Irena

Marie Blažková

Šnáblova žena

Máňa Ženíšková

Lorinka, Šnáblova dcera

Crew and creators

Based on

Jan Klecanda (Prach a broky – román)

Director of Photography

Karel Kopřiva

Production Designer

Vilém Rittershain

Production info

Original Title

Prach a broky

Czech Title

Prach a broky

English Title

Tarnation!

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Film state

lost film

Genre

comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1926

Production Year

1926

Premiere

premiere 3 September 1926 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Hvězda a Koruna, Praha)

Production

Julius Schmitt

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Julius Schmitt

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

77 min

Original length in metres

2 200 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