Sin

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1928

Production year

1928

Premiere

1 February 1929

Runtime

80 min

Director

Karel Lamač

Category

film

Genre

drama

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Film state

lost film

Original title

Hřích

Czech title

Hřích

English title

Sin

Synopsis

Greta Weberová embezzles money and, as a result, loses her job. She is abandoned by her lover Robert Merk and she seeks refuge with her friend from her childhood days, Helena Dahlová. Helena's father, a builder, agrees to let Greta live with the family. Helena is betrothed to Petr Kafka but her father does not welcome the union since Kafka does not have permanent employment. Greta seduces Dahl and causes the breakdown of the family. Petr Kafka tries to help the family, he finds a job and, after the death of Helena's mother, marries Helena. Helena's father, who has moved into another flat with Greta, happens to meet Merk in a club and catches Greta giving Merk some money. A fight breaks out during which Merk is killed. Dahl is imprisoned and Greta becomes a prostitute. After years in prison, Dahl returns home and his daughter and son-in-law take him in to live with them. (According to promotional material issued at the time the film was made.)

Note

The film materials are believed lost.

Cast

Agnes Petersen-Mozžuchin /ž/

Greta Webrová

Josef Rovenský

stavitel Dahl

Suzanne Marwille

Dahlová, stavitelova žena

Vera Schmiterlöw /ž/

Helenka Dahlová, stavitelova dcera /v titulkové listině Boženka/

Jan W. Speerger

povaleč Robert Merk

Iwan Kowal-Samborski

Petr Kafka, Helenin snoubenec

Jindřich Plachta

silvestrovský host

Ivo Richard Stuchlý

tanečník v baru

Mimi Stuchlá

tanečnice v baru

Crew and creators

Director

Karel Lamač

Screenstory

Hermann Kosterlitz, Wilhelm Kosterlitz

Director of Photography

Otto Heller

Production Designer

Vilém Rittershain

Set Designer

Martin Frič

Cooperation

Willy Ströminger (fotograf)

Production info

Original Title

Hřích

Czech Title

Hřích

English Title

Sin

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Film state

lost film

Genre

drama

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1928

Production Year

1928

Production specifications

date of censorship 22 January 1929

Premiere

premiere 1 February 1929 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Olympic /1 týden/, Orient /1 týden/ a Světozor /1 týden/, Praha)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Degl a spol.

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

80 min

Original length in metres

2 260 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