Mum's Heart
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1933Production year
1933Premiere
15 March 1935Runtime
53 minDirector
František WinkelhoferCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionmediumFilm state
lost filmOriginal title
Mámino srdceCzech title
Mámino srdceEnglish title
Mum's HeartParallel title
Zpověď svobodné matkySynopsis
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.
Photos
Cast
Máňa Ženíšková
Hana Klimešová
Gustav Cziviš
Karlík, Hanin syn
Jiří Hron
medik Karel Malý
Theodor Pištěk
Hanin otec
Marie Neubauerová
Hanina matka
Karel Schleichert
klaun
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Sound Designer
Otto Németh, A. Nečas
Music
Music Composed by
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 /inaccessible for youths/ (kino Alma /1 týden/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
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
