Father Vojtěch
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1928Production year
1928Premiere
1 March 1929Runtime
96 minDirector
Martin FričCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Páter VojtěchCzech title
Páter VojtěchEnglish title
Father VojtěchSynopsis
Vojtěch's beloved Frantina leaves for Prague to find work. Vojtěch promises his dying mother that he will become a priest. His brother Karel is to inherit a mill. During the village fair, however, he attacks the weak Josífek and flees the village. He hides in a quarry with an unknown tramp. When the tramp dies after an explosion in the quarry, Karel exchanges his documents for his own. Vojtěch still thinks of his Frantina while he is in the seminary. The latter returns to her home village and finds a new home at Vojtěch's father's mill. Vojtěch has been ordained as a priest in the meantime and, on returning home, discovers that Frantina has married the miller. Vojtěch still loves her, but he resists all temptation even when he is alone with her in the mill. The corrupt Karel also returns and asks his father for money. The latter uses violence to try and throw him out but injures Frantina with an axe instead. Vojtech leaves and the dying Frantina tells the miller that the child she has borne is his. After some time Vojtěch returns to the family mill to live with his father and the child.
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Cast
Josef Rovenský
mlynář Dvorecký
Karel Lamač
Dvoreckého syn Vojtěch
L. H. Struna
Dvoreckého mladší syn Karel
Suzanne Marwille
Frantina
Karel Schleichert
stárek
Eman Fiala
Josífek
Anna Opplová
Josífkova matka
Jindřich Plachta
muzikant
Jaroslav Marvan
starosta obce Josef Knotek
Eduard Šlégl
farář
Karel Němec
hostinský
Jan Richter
policajt Mařánek
Fred Bulín
mladý šlechtic
Josef Kobík
četník
Karel Fiala
představený kláštera /lékař?/
Jindřich Edl
biskup
Mario Karas
novic
Václav Wasserman
novic
Miroslav J. Krňanský
novic
Martin Frič
novic
Willy Ströminger
novic
Ferenc Futurista
hráč na trombon na posvícení
Milka Balek-Brodská
vesnická drbna
Marie Veselá
vesnická drbna
V. Šmejkal
vojín cizinecké legie
Otto Mecera
vojín cizinecké legie
Anna Machová-Kandertová
abatyše
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Jan Klecanda (Páter Vojtěch – román)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Make-Up Artist
Cooperation
Jan Roth (vrchní osvětlovač), Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Production info
Original Title
Páter Vojtěch
Czech Title
Páter Vojtěch
English Title
Father Vojtěch
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1928
Production Year
1928
Production specifications
date of censorship 4 March 1929
Premiere
gala premiere 28 February 1929 (kino Světozor, Praha)
premiere 1 March 1929 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Orient /1 týden/, Radio /1 týden/ a Světozor /2 týdny/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
96 min
Original length in metres
2 723 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
