Mum's Heart

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1933

Production year

1933

Premiere

15 March 1935

Runtime

53 min

Category

film

Genre

melodrama

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionmedium

Film state

lost film

Original title

Mámino srdce

Czech title

Mámino srdce

English title

Mum's Heart

Parallel title

Zpověď svobodné matky

Synopsis

Hana Klimešová is happy in her relationship with her dear medical student, Karel Malý. Karel's farewell letter to her therefore comes as a great blow. Hana finds herself in a hopeless situation since she is expecting Karel's child. She decides to leave her parent's home and bring up the child in the country. Little Karlík prospers and brings much joy to his mother. When he is playing by the river one day, his little boat is carried off by the current. Hana searches in vain for her little boy. Karlík meanwhile finds himself in the family of a coarse drunkard from where he manages to escape to the circus. There he lives as the ward of a kind, old clown while his mother, tortured by grief, seeks a last refuge in the beckoning current of the river. Her life is saved, however, and now, five years on, she meets Karel again, who has become a doctor. Hana finds it within her self to forgive him and their happiness is complete when together they find little Karlík. The old clown sings the song in which he remembers his "fine old mother with her golden heart...". (According to promotional material issued at the time the film was made)

Note

The film materials are believed lost.

Cast

Máňa Ženíšková

Hana Klimešová

Gustav Cziviš

Hanin synek

Jiří Hron

medik Karel Malý

Marie Neubauerová

Hanina matka

Crew and creators

Director of Photography

Josef Bulánek

Production Designer

František Piperger

Sound Designer

Otto Németh, A. Nečas

Music

Music Composed by

Rudolf Kubín

Songs

Ty tvoje rty

Song Composer Rudolf Kubín
Writer of Lyrics František Winkelhofer

Mámino srdce

Song Composer Rudolf Kubín
Writer of Lyrics František Winkelhofer

Každému srdce poručí

Song Composer Rudolf Kubín
Writer of Lyrics František Winkelhofer

Production info

Original Title

Mámino srdce

Czech Title

Mámino srdce

English Title

Mum's Heart

Parallel Title

Zpověď svobodné matky

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Film state

lost film

Genre

melodrama

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1933

Production Year

1933

Production specifications

date of censorship 12/1933

Premiere

premiere 15 March 1935 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Alma /1 týden/, Praha)

Production

Leo Marten

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Accord

Technical info

Duration typology

medium length film

Duration in minutes

53 min

Original length in metres

1 505 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,19

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Union-Vox

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech