God's Mills
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1929Production year
1929Premiere
22 November 1929Runtime
110 minDirector
Josef Medeotti-BoháčCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Boží mlýnyCzech title
Boží mlýnyEnglish title
God's MillsSynopsis
Farmer Záhoř swears in court that he has returned old Podestat the money that he borrowed in the past. Podestat's son, however, knows that this isn't true. Záhoř works with Vondra and Matěj. Both wish to court the blacksmith's daughter Nana. The stronger Vondra finally agrees that Matěj should marry her. A lavish wedding is prepared. Nana finds out that Matěj is not a good farmer and she grows closer to Vondra. Everyone except Matěj knows this. Nana is expecting a baby, but she doesn't know who the father is. When a neighbour tells Matěj of Nana's infidelity, he nearly kills her. Vondra has taken completely his brother's place. Matěj wishes to leave for America. However, Vondra kills him during the night and is seen burying the body at dawn. Old Záhoř is desperate, he wants to return joung Podestat his money but the latter refuses it. The gendarmes take Vondra away. In his barn old Záhoř burns the banknotes he had once denied he had and the building goes up in flames.
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Cast
Alexander Třebovský
starý sedlák Tomáš Záhoř
Jan W. Speerger
Záhořův starší syn Vondra
L. H. Struna
Záhořův mladší syn Matěj
Gustav Frištenský
kovář Drastil
Anita Janová
Drastilova dcera Nana
Ladislav Desenský
starosta Ziman
Edmond Trachta
mladý sedlák Podestát
Marie Kučerová
manželka mladého Podestáta
Otto Zahrádka
Matějův soused
Karel Schleichert
Hadlásek
Ferry Seidl
sedlák Foukalík
Emil Dlesk
sedlák Bulovec
Filip Balek-Brodský
šenkýř
Luigi Hofman
soudce
František Juhan
sedlák Jírovec
Markéta Maroldová
děvečka
Roza Schlesingerová
nepravá nevěsta
Milka Balek-Brodská
porodní bába
Antonín Frič
advokát
František V. Kučera
sedlák
Josef Sládek
sedlák
Mirko Mencl
sedlák
Josef Kytka
sedlák
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Jan Vrba (Boží mlýny – román)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Manager
Consultant
Cooperation
Antonín Frič (fotograf)
Production info
Original Title
Boží mlýny
Czech Title
Boží mlýny
English Title
God's Mills
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1929
Production Year
1929
Production specifications
date of censorship 8 August 1929
Premiere
premiere 22 November 1929 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Maceška /2 týdny/ a Roxy /2 týdny/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
110 min
Original length in metres
3 120 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
Awards
Vítěz
Event: Zlatá medaile časopisu Filmový kurýr
1930
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Josef Medeotti-Boháč
