Her Prince

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1927

Production year

1927

Premiere

9 March 1928

Runtime

73 min

Category

film

Genre

melodrama

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Její princ

Czech title

Její princ

English title

Her Prince

Parallel title

Sirotek

English parallel title

The Orphan

Synopsis

Jiřina, a factory clerk, refuses the amorous advances of her friend Pavel since they are both too poor to start a family. Jiřina tells Pavel that he would be better off courting her hard-working sister Marie. Jiřina, however, cannot endure the burden of poverty and she leaves for the city while Pavel transfers his affections to Marie. After years Jiřina works as a secretary to Jičínský, the factory owner. During this time, Maria has given Pavel a daughter. Marie, however, is struck by an insidious disease and Pavel is wounded at work in the factory. Jičínský asks Jiřina to marry him and offers her all his worldly belongings. Jiřina does not know that her sister has died. After Marie's death, Pavel lives with his little daughter and his father-in-law. They are very poor, however, and Pavel has to give up his daughter into the care of the malicious neighbour and put his father-in-law into a poorhouse. Then he goes out into the world to try to find some happiness. When Pavel returns with the wealth he has acquired, he marries Jiřina who in the meantime became a widow.

Note

Facts about the film were confirmed during a consultation with Ada Pellová-Czivišová and her family at the Film Archive on the January 27th, 1978. The print kept at the Film Archive, however, does not contain autenthic shots from the theatre Říše loutek (Puppet Empire). (J. S. Kolár – M. Frída: Československý němý film 1989–1930 / J. S. Kolár – M. Frída: Czechoslovak silent film 1989–1930). In the year 2011 the film was reconstructed by National Film Archive.

Cast

Ada Pellová-Czivišová

vnučka Marie/vnučka Jiřina

Milli Czivišová

Mariina dcera Hanička

V. Ch. Vladimírov

dělník Pavel Horský

Theodor Pištěk

továrník Jičínský

Václav Žichovský

notář u továrníka Jičínského

A. Arazím

stařec z chudobince

Marie Menginová

hospodyně

Josef Miller

lékař

Fridrichová

sousedka

Špitálská

panímáma

Crew and creators

Screenstory

František Klika

Director of Photography

Josef Brabec

Production Designer

Vilém Rittershain

Production info

Original Title

Její princ

Czech Title

Její princ

English Title

Her Prince

Parallel Title

Sirotek

English Parallel Title

The Orphan

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

melodrama

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1927

Production Year

1927

Production specifications

date of censorship 12 January 1927
date of censorship 09/1935 (konec povolení k promítání 1940)

Premiere

premiere 9 March 1928 /suitable for youths/ (kino Konvikt, Praha)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Bavafilm

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

73 min

Original length in metres

2 080 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