World without Frontiers

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1931

Production year

1930

Premiere

24 June 1932

Runtime

61 min

Director

Julius Lébl

Category

film

Genre

drama

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Film state

lost film

Original title

Svět bez hranic

Czech title

Svět bez hranic

English title

World without Frontiers

Working title

Televise

Synopsis

The young inventor Ondřej Linecký lives in lodgings with Mrs Bártová, the caretaker. He is in love with Mrs Bártová's daughter, Jana. He invents a televisual device but needs to find somebody to provide the necessary financial backing for development of the machine. Jana recommends him to her employer Mr Stefan. Stefan, after testing the device and seeing images from all over the world, summons his technician whom he wants to find out the secret of the invention, thus deceiving Linecký. Jana asks Stefan to sign an agreement with Linecký; Stefan says he will if Jana becomes his lover. Jana refuses and Stefan threatens her, but their meeting is captured on Linecký's television. Linecký rushes to Jana's aid, and Stefan, thus compromised, signs an agreement that is advantageous to Linecký. Now Linecký can marry Jana. (According to promotional material issued at the time the film was made.)

Note

The film was produced by the U. S. company Paramount, which initiated filming of the identical theme in various language versions in the same sets in studios in Paris. These version were: Magie moderne (Télévision) – French version; Televisie (De sensatie der toekomst) – Dutch version; Świat bez granic – Polish version; Telviziune – Romanian version; Tradlöst och kärleksfullt – Swedish version; Televisione – Italian version. The title of the German version, if it was created at all, is not known. The film materials are believed lost.

Cast

Theodor Pištěk

finančník Stefan

Máňa Ženíšková

Jana, zaměstnankyně u Stefana

Marie Ptáková

Bártová, Janina matka

Jiří Hron

vynálezce Ondřej Linecký

Robert Ford

televizní inženýr

Otto Podrabský

Crew and creators

Director

Julius Lébl

Based on

Howard Irving Young (Télévision – divadelní hra)

Screenplay

Julius Lébl

Director of Photography

Harry Strandling

Production info

Original Title

Svět bez hranic

Czech Title

Svět bez hranic

English Title

World without Frontiers

Working Title

Televise

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Film state

lost film

Genre

drama

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1931

Production Year

1930

Production specifications

date of censorship 09/1931

Premiere

premiere 24 June 1932 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Praha /1 týden/, Praha)

Distribution slogan

by Paramount

Production

Paramount

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Paramount

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

61 min

Original length in metres

1 705 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,19

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

RCA Photophone

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech