The Miller and His Child

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1928

Production year

1928

Premiere

1 November 1929

Runtime

81 min

Director

Zet Molas

Category

film

Genre

drama

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Mlynář a jeho dítě

Czech title

Mlynář a jeho dítě

English title

The Miller and His Child

Synopsis

Farmer Jakub asks Rychnovsky the miller for the hand in marriage of his daughter Marie. Marie is distraught as she does not love Jakub. Furthermore, Jakub and Rychnovský slander her sweetheart Konrad, saying that he has his eye on the miller's wife. At her father's request Marie says goodbye to Konrad and leaves for the city. After her departure, Konrad gets drunk and, in the graveyard, spirits appear before him of those who will die within a year. Among them is the miller and Marie. The miller is ill and the grave-digger recommends that he rub his chest with earth taken from a freshly dug grave. The miller takes earth from a grave and suddenly runs into Konrad. He falls to the ground in fright. Marie catches Konrad standing over her father's body and accuses him of causing her father's death. Soon afterwards Marie also dies. However, Konrád manages to get to her just before she dies to play her favourite song. A funeral procession accompanies Marie on her last journey.

Note

The première of the film took place in Plzeň (the Peklo cinema). The première in Prague was not shown until November 1st 1929.

Cast

Jan Svoboda

mlynář Rychnovský

Zet Molas

mlynářova dcera Marie

J. Kašpar

mlynářský chasník Konrád Záleský

Antonie Nedošinská

mlynářova sestra Markéta

Roza Schlesingerová

Konrádova matka

Zdeněk Vávra (2)

hrobník Jonáš

Frank Argus

mladý sedlák Jakub

J. Jarow

chasník u mlynáře Rychnovského

Robert Ford

hostinský

Gustav Čech

kněz

Ferry Seidl

hostinský Blažej

Arnošta Záhoříková

Blažejova žena

Darja Hajská

vesnická dívka

Alfred Schlesinger

host v hostinci

Crew and creators

Director

Zet Molas

Based on

Ernst Raupach (Mlynář a jeho dítě /Der Müller und sein Kind/ – divadelní hra)

Screenplay

Zet Molas

Director of Photography

Ladislav Jůn

Production Designer

Hans Ritschel

Production info

Original Title

Mlynář a jeho dítě

Czech Title

Mlynář a jeho dítě

English Title

The Miller and His Child

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

drama

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1928

Production Year

1928

Production specifications

date of censorship 13 November 1928

Premiere

preview 16 November 1928 (kino Peklo, Plzeň)
premiere 1 November 1929 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Maceška, Praha)

Production

Molas-Film

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Molas-Film

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

81 min

Original length in metres

2 297 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