The Lovers of an Old Criminal
Typology
featureCzech title
Milenky starého kriminálníkaRuntime
125Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1927Production year
1927Premiere
07.10.1927Language version
CzechDirector
Svatopluk InnemannScreenstory
Josef SkružnýSynopsis
Factory owner Pardon, meets Olga, daughter of clairvoyant Stefanie Lesczynska at a ball. Their brief acquaintance is interrupted when Olga and her mother have to leave. Fifi Hrazánková has her sights set on the elligible Pardon. Pardon asks his Uncle Cyril Ponděliček if the girl could take over his position at work so that she may be dissuaded of her amorous intentions. Fifi seduces Pondělíček. In the meantime, Pardon meets Olga and Stefanie again by chance and offers them a place to stay at Ponděliček's while Pondělíček passes himself off as Pardon. Ponděliček recognises Stefanie as his former lover, Olga is their daughter. Stefanie also recognises him, but Pondělíček declares that he is the thief named Kanibal whom the newspapers are all writing about. He locks Pardon, Stefanie and Olga in the cellar and, together with Fifi, he escapes. In the inn they happen to come across the real Kanibal who is being pursued by the police. The police mistakenly arrest Pondělíček. Pardon explains to the Police who Pondělíček really is. The real Kanibal is then apprehended. Pondělíček then marries Stefanie and they wish their daughter luck with the factory owner, Pardon. Fifi is thus finally cured of her romantic notions.
Note
In 2008 the film was reconstructed by the National Film Archive.
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Cast
Jan W. Speerger
továrník Pardon
Vlasta Burian
továrníkův strýc Cyril Pondělíček/kriminálník Alois Kanibal
Anny Ondráková
Fifi Hrazánkova, dcera továrníka
Emilie Nitschová
Fifina matka, manželka továrníka Hrazánka
Jiří Hron
Fifin ctitel
Betty Kysilková
jasnovidka Štefanie Lesczynská
Věra Hlavatá
dcera Lesczynské Olga
Jindřich Plachta
komorník Kristián
Rudolf Sůva
strážce zámeckého parku Alois Pivoňka
František Černý
zahradník
Jarka Pižla
zahradníkův pomocník
L. H. Struna
apač
Elsa Vetešníková
apačka
František Juhan
Fifin šofér
Ferry Seidl
vrátný v hotelu
Rudolf Stahl
detektiv
František Jerhot
velký strážník
František Malý
menší strážník
Alois Dvorský
číšník
Gustav Hrdlička
kadeřník
Anči Pírková
třetí oběť kriminálníka
František Sauer
harmonikář Venca
Karel Schleichert
host na plese
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Camera
Production Designer
Production info
Original Title
Milenky starého kriminálníka
English Title
The Lovers of an Old Criminal
Copyright
1927
Production Year
1927
Premiere
07.10.1927
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Oceanfilm (původní 1927), Národní filmový archiv (obnovená 2015)
Technical info
Ratio
1:1,85
Colour
černobílý, viráž
Sound
mono, němý
Versions
Czech
Subtitles
Czech Intertitles