The Abortionist
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1929Production year
1929Premiere
31 January 1930Runtime
82 minDirector
Oldřich KmínekCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
AndělíčkářkaCzech title
AndělíčkářkaEnglish title
The AbortionistSynopsis
Country girl Helena falls in love with an artist painting the local village scenery and one evening she lets herself be seduced by him. The artists leaves but soon invites Helena to Prague where they make love again. Helena then returns home to her sick father and refuses the constant attentions of the gamekeeper Rýza. After some time she realises that she is pregnant. Since she knows that the artist will not marry her, she goes to visit her aunt who takes her to an abortionist. When the girl returns home after the abortion she discovers her father has died. The opportunist aunt sees her chance and moves in with Helena and persuades her to marry Rýza. After the wedding she is blackmailed by her aunt and the abortionist and she even loses the child she is expecting with her husband. The artist returns to the village and tries to seduce Helena again. When his model and lover comes to him and discovers his plans, she shoots him. The aunt and the abortionist have been summoned to the court. The wretched Helena admits everything to her husband about her past. He is sad about what has happened but in the end he forgives her.
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Cast
Anita Janová
Helena Rottrová
Václav Norman
malíř František Král
Josef Rovenský
nadlesní Rýza
Antonie Nedošinská
porodní bába Marie Doudlebová
Milka Balek-Brodská
Helenina teta paní Rozamová
Bronislava Livia
modelka Máňa
Karel Schleichert
Helenin otec
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Otakar Hanuš (Já jsem vinna! – román)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Cooperation
Fotoatelier Benda (fotograf)
Production info
Original Title
Andělíčkářka
Czech Title
Andělíčkářka
English Title
The Abortionist
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1929
Production Year
1929
Production specifications
date of censorship 30 November 1929
date of censorship 04/1935 (konec povolení k promítání 1940)
Premiere
premiere 31 January 1930 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Louvre /1 týden/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
82 min
Original length in metres
2 340 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
