Why do you Weep, Black Eyes?
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1930Production year
1930Premiere
28 March 1930Runtime
89 minDirector
Leo MartenCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Černé oči, proč pláčete...?Czech title
Černé oči, proč pláčete...?English title
Why do you Weep, Black Eyes?Synopsis
A priest is waiting for the young chaplain Marcel at a village railway station The landowner Jarský is also there, waiting for his daughter Marta. Marcel settles in at the parsonage. Through the window, he sees Marta carrying a wreathe to her mother's grave. The tempress Xena, betrothed to Jarský, flirts in her boudoir with the major. The major and Xena meet first lieutenant Pavel Čermák in Stromovka park. The whole village comes to hear Marcel's sermon. Xena also comes with a parcel from Marcel's mother, who is Xena's chambermaid. Marcel and Marta visit the old home of Trnka, the drunk. His wife is ill, their children are hungry. Marcel's mother suddenly dies. After the mass Marcel calls the banns of Marta and Pavel. Marta visits Xena in Prague and meets the major there at her house. She hurries to tell her father. The chaplain saves the drunk Trnka from drowning but he himself becomes ill. Xena tries in vain to seduce Pavel. Marcel is dying. Marta and Pavel's wedding takes place in the church; they are married by the priest in whose face Marta gets a glimpse of the face of Marcel.
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Cast
Jindřich Lhoták
velkostatkář Jarský
Helga Nováková
Jarského dcera Marta
Jaro Hykman
kaplan Marcel Novotný
Saša Dobrovolná
Marcelova matka Anna Novotná, Xenina komorná
Ly Corelli
svůdnice Xena
Jan W. Speerger
nadporučík Pavel Čermák
Čeněk Šlégl
major von Rohrerich
Otto Zahrádka
napravený opilec Trnka
Mary Jansová
nemocná opilcova žena
Karel Schleichert
farář
Ludmila Folprechtová
farářova sestra
Milka Balek-Brodská
Jarského hospodyně Betka
Eman Fiala
Betčin ctitel, vojenský sluha Martin
Antonín Frič
lékař
Frank Argus
vojenský pobočník
Václav Pecián
šikovatel
Ferry Seidl
důstojník
Eduard Šlégl
důstojník
Mario Karas
důstojník
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Valja Rybička
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Art Director
Set Designer
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Production info
Original Title
Černé oči, proč pláčete...?
Czech Title
Černé oči, proč pláčete...?
English Title
Why do you Weep, Black Eyes?
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
melodrama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1930
Production Year
1930
Production specifications
date of censorship 17 March 1930
date of censorship 09/1935 (konec povolení k promítání 1940)
Premiere
premiere 28 March 1930 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Juliš /2 týdny/ a Maceška /3 týdny/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
89 min
Original length in metres
2 543 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
