The Shadow in the Light / Blind Juro / Stubborn Juro
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1928Production year
1928Premiere
22 February 1929Director
Josef KokeislCategory
filmGenre
educationalTypology
featureOriginal title
Stín ve světleCzech title
Stín ve světleEnglish title
The Shadow in the Light / Blind Juro / Stubborn JuroParallel Title
Tvrdošíjný Juro / Slepý Juro / Tvrdohlavý JuraSynopsis
Juro and Jano, rivals in love, both are trying to win the favours of Maryša. Juro leaves to do seasonal work and when he returns he decides to marry Maryša. Jano also leaves, along with other villagers. They all live together in a stable and a number of them catch an eye infection – trachoma. Jano wants to be cured but Juro refuses medication and decides to go off to America. There he is held for a medical inspection and is sent back although he has to pay his own way. Meanwhile Jano, now recovered, has married Maryša. Juro becomes blind and lives as a beggar in his native village.
Note
The end of the film was made as an educational health-service film warning against dangers of trachoma. The second reel shows a motorised threshing machine by Wichterle & Kovařík at work.
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Cast
Zdena Listová
Maryška
Roman Roda-Růžička
Juro
Vendelín Buk
Janko
Gustav Hrdlička
Ivo/rychtář
Otto Zahrádka
pokoutný agent
Filip Balek-Brodský
hostinský v námořnické krčmě
Milka Balek-Brodská
prostitutka v krčmě
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Director
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Production info
Original Title
Stín ve světle
English Title
The Shadow in the Light / Blind Juro / Stubborn Juro
Parallel Title
Tvrdošíjný Juro / Slepý Juro / Tvrdohlavý Jura
Category
film
Typology
feature
Genre
educational
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1928
Production Year
1928
Premiere
22 February 1929
Production
Filmindustrie, Ministerstvo veřejného zdravotnictví a tělesné výchovy (zadavatel)
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Distribution
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Versions
Czech