Eva's Daughters

Country

Czechoslovakia, Germany

Copyright

1928

Production year

1928

Premiere

6 April 1928

Runtime

82 min

Director

Karel Lamač

Category

film

Genre

melodrama

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Dcery Eviny

Czech title

Dcery Eviny

English title

Eva's Daughters

Parallel title

Princ z ulice / Evas Töchter / Das Paradies von Heute

English parallel title

Prince from the Street

Synopsis

Artist Rudolf Romain who is betrothed to Maria Santová, falls in love with the dancer Nina Lavalová. She is also loved by the young baron Hanuš Stetten. His sister, however, does not wish this love to come to fruition and therefore tries to prove to her brother that the dancer has other lovers. Nina wishes to escape from this unpleasant situation and so she goes off to the sea with Rudolf. The detective, hired by Hanuš's sister, finds them and sends compromising photographs to Prague. The jealous Hanuš, after an emotional encounter, forces Nina to come home. Nina discovers that Rudolf's mother has fallen ill since Rudolf has left Maria. She realises that she is not suitable as Rudolf's wife and she persuades the artist to go back to Maria. She is herself resigned to her fate and accepts an offer of marriage to the baron Bihl who has courted her for long time. (According to a description of the time)

Note

The original story by Jan S. Kolár, entitled "Prince from the Street" was reworked by the German screenwriter Helmuth Ortmann to such a degree that Jan S. Kolár refused to be presented as the author of the story. National film archive received an 8mm copy in the English version K-A 298,8 m. In Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv Berlin has survived a unique 35mm copy K-N 1330,0 m.

Cast

Anny Ondráková

tanečnice Nina Lavalová

Karel Lamač

malíř Rudolf Romain

Máňa Ženíšková

Marie Santová, Romainova snoubenka

Wolfgang Zilzer

baron Hanuš Stetten

Štefica Vidačić

Edita, Stettenova sestra

Theodor Pištěk

baron Bihl/epizoda tuláka

Albert Paulig

detektiv Harry Pilka

Uli Tridenskaja

Rudolfova matka

Friedel Seiler

rybářská dcera

Crew and creators

Director

Karel Lamač

Assistant Director

Jacques Béranger

Screenstory

Jan S. Kolár

Screenplay

Helmuth Ortmann, Charlie Roellinghoff (mezititulky)

Director of Photography

Otto Heller, Arthur Porchet

Production Designer

Hanuš Gödert, Victor Trivas

Film Editor

Karel Lamač

Cooperation

Willy Ströminger (fotograf)

Production info

Original Title

Dcery Eviny

Czech Title

Dcery Eviny

English Title

Eva's Daughters

Parallel Title

Princ z ulice / Evas Töchter / Das Paradies von Heute

English Parallel Title

Prince from the Street

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

melodrama

Origin country

Czechoslovakia, Germany

Copyright

1928

Production Year

1928

Production specifications

date of censorship 13 March 1928

Premiere

premiere 6 April 1928 (kina Radio a Světozor, Praha)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Degl a spol.

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

82 min

Original length in metres

2 325 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