The Jungle of the Big City

Country

Czechoslovakia, France

Copyright

1929

Production year

1929

Premiere

27 June 1930

Runtime

70 min

Director

Leo Marten

Category

film

Genre

drama

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Džungle velkoměsta

Czech title

Džungle velkoměsta

English title

The Jungle of the Big City

Parallel title

La Jungle d'une grande ville

Synopsis

"A poor girl becomes the lover of a rogue who, although a waiter in a night club, pretends to be a Russian count. The girl then also falls into the clutches of his partner. All three of them persuade a young husband to poison his father. He almost commits the crime but comes to his senses at the last minute. After many escapades both rogues find themselves in the hands of justice and there is nothing left for the girl but to walk the streets..." (Quotation from a press release from the time the film was made).

Cast

Claudie Lombard

Mařena /ve francozské verzi Marena/

Karel Schleichert

Jaderník, Mariin otec /ve francozské verzi Gelnik/

Raymond Guérin

Karel Hobza /ve francouzské verzi Charles Hobza/

Nája Reti

manželka Karla Hobzy

Vladimír Majer

MUC. Čížek

Olaf Fjord

číšník Fedor Fedorovič

Ly Corelli

tanečnice

Eduard Šlégl

lichvář Jakob Veider /ve francouzské verzi Verlyk/

Marie Ptáková

teta Karla Hobzy

Eman Fiala

detektiv

Robert Ford

příbuzný

Jan W. Speerger

muž ve vinárně

Josef Oliak

muž v kavárně

Miroslav Homola

epizodní role

Crew and creators

Director

Leo Marten

Screenstory

Leo Marten

Screenplay

Leo Marten

Director of Photography

Václav Vích

Production Designer

Hanuš Gödert

Set Designer

Hanuš Gödert

Cooperation

Richard Frolík (fotograf), Marguerite Viel (umělecká poradkyně)

Production info

Original Title

Džungle velkoměsta

Czech Title

Džungle velkoměsta

English Title

The Jungle of the Big City

Parallel Title

La Jungle d'une grande ville

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

drama

Origin country

Czechoslovakia, France

Copyright

1929

Production Year

1929

Production specifications

date of censorship 12/1929

Premiere

premiere 27 June 1930 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Praha /1 týden/, Praha)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Gong-film

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

70 min

Original length in metres

2 000 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