The Girl from the Tobacco Factory
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1928Production year
1928Premiere
11 January 1929Runtime
94 minDirector
Václav KubásekCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Děvče z tabákové továrnyCzech title
Děvče z tabákové továrnyEnglish title
The Girl from the Tobacco FactorySynopsis
Knife-grinder Rabas and his wife behave to their ward Eva as if she were a servant. They send her to work in a tobacco factory where all the other girls hate her for her diligence. Furthermore, Mrs. Rabas wants to give her to the fairy swings owner Tomy. In despair, Eva puts a plea for help into a box of cigars. This plea is read by two brothers from the estate of Vysoká - Anatol Roden and his brother Pavel. They decide to go to see the girl, Anatol is to play the role of her admirer and Pavel is his secretary. Eva has lost her job in the meantime and when she comes across Pavel by chance, she goes off with him to Vysoká. She falls in love with Pavel and her feelings are returned. Eva feels a certain obligation to Anatol but when she overhears a conversation between the two, she realises that they are brothers, that they deceived her and she decides to punish them. She continues to urge Anatol to marry her so that the brothers have to tell her the truth. Eva then forgives them and confesses her love for Pavel.
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Cast
Marie Černá
sirotek Eva
Filip Balek-Brodský
Evin pěstoun, brusič Matěj Rabas
Milka Balek-Brodská
Rabasova žena
Eduard Kohout
Anatol Roden, pán na Vysoké
Pavel Trojan
Anatolův bratr Pavel
Joe Jenčík
houpačkář Tomy
Jindřich Plachta
sluha Luis
Adolf Nettl
komorník
Jan Richter
starosta obce
Helena Montanelli
Anatolova snoubenka Lili
Marie Polanová
společnice na panství Vysoká
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Otomar Schäfer (Děvče z tabákové továrny – román)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Production info
Original Title
Děvče z tabákové továrny
Czech Title
Děvče z tabákové továrny
English Title
The Girl from the Tobacco Factory
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
melodrama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1928
Production Year
1928
Production specifications
date of censorship 9 August 1928
date of censorship 03/1935 (konec povolení k promítání 1940)
Premiere
preview 12 September 1928 (kino Orient, Praha)
premiere 11 January 1929 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Lido bio /1 týden/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
94 min
Original length in metres
2 680 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
