Prague Seamstresses
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1929Production year
1929Premiere
29 November 1929Runtime
73 minDirector
Přemysl PražskýCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Pražské švadlenkyCzech title
Pražské švadlenkyEnglish title
Prague SeamstressesSynopsis
The wealthy baker and owner of several houses Barnabáš Bernášek wants to marry off his daughter Běla to playboy Mušoár. He is not interested in the fact that she loves the shy engineer Vláďa Skružný. Mušoár in reality is called Robert Řimbaba and he is particularly fond of spending the money of his aunt Serafína, owner of a fashion salon. He is greatly interested in the seamstress Márinka and cunningly lures her into his flat where he intends to seduce her. Márinka defends herself - her heart belongs to the baker's boy Jeník. She does not know that he is the son of Mr Bernášek and, incognito, is testing the strength of her love. Serafína wants to adopt Márinka. It seems that Márinka is the daughter she bore when she was still unmarried and who was brought up by Mrs Havlová. Mušoár, who has his eyes on the inheritance, tells the cobbler Isidor Kulich that he is Márinka's father. In the end everything is explained and the young couples - Márinka and Jeník and Běla and Vláďa - find a happy end to their story.
Photos
Cast
Theodor Pištěk
pekař a majitel domů Barnabáš Bernášek
Máňa Ženíšková
švadlenka Márinka
Karel Lamač
pekařský pomocník Jeník, Bernáškův syn
Marie Kopecká
Běla, pekařova dcera
Helena Monczáková
Serafína Škrtilová, majitelka módního salonu
Čeněk Šlégl
Robert Řimbaba alias Mušoár, synovec Škrtilové
Jiří Hron
Ing. Vláďa Skružný, stavitelský asistent
Alois Dvorský
švec Isidor Kulich
Béďa Pražský
učedník
Saša Dobrovolná
Havlová, Márinčina vychovatelka
Darja Hajská
švadlenka Cilka
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Otto Faster (Pražské švadlenky – divadelní fraška)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Production info
Original Title
Pražské švadlenky
Czech Title
Pražské švadlenky
English Title
Prague Seamstresses
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1929
Production Year
1929
Production specifications
date of censorship 30 October 1929
Premiere
premiere 29 November 1929 /inaccessible for youths/ (kina Beránek /2 týdny/, Louvre /2 týdny/ a Světozor /2 týdny/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
73 min
Original length in metres
2 080 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
