The First Kiss
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1935Production year
1935Premiere
23 August 1935Runtime
92 minDirector
Vladimír SlavínskýCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
První políbeníCzech title
První políbeníEnglish title
The First KissSynopsis
In her Swiss boarding house Věra Nedbalová is missing her home and therefore decides to go back to Prague to visit her parents. She meets the student Jaroslav Landa in the train and agrees to see him again. Věra arrives home at a bad moment. Her father, an overworked lawyer, believes the idle gossip about his wife's infidelity and during a bitter quarrel he orders her out of the house. The shock causes Věra to have a nervous breakdown. There are also problems in Jaroslav's household. His sister Eva is the lover of professional seducer Petr Gabriel and she is now pregnant. Jaroslav visits Gabriel and the man's coarse behaviour provokes him to deliver him a good punch. The wounded Gabriel immediately files charges against him and lies in court that Jaroslav had demanded money from him. Věra asks her father to take up the defence. At the time of the quarrel Gabriel's new lover Vlasta happened to be in the flat and her testimony confirms Jaroslav's innocence. Councillor Lažanský, a friend of the Nedbals, persuades Nedbal to make it up with his wife. Eva later finds support in the artist Michal who had secretly loved her for a long time.
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Cast
Jiří Plachý
JUDr. Jiří Nedbal
Markéta Krausová
Dagmar, Nedbalova manželka
Hana Bělská
Věra, Nedbalova dcera
Theodor Pištěk
dělník v továrně Josef Landa
Antonie Nedošinská
Landova žena
Helena Bušová
ošetřovatelka Eva, Landova dcera
Jiří Dohnal
student techniky Jaroslav, Landův syn
Marie Ptáková
služka u Nedbalů Fanynka
Bedřich Vrbský
rada Lažanský, přítel Nedbalových
František Paul
malíř Michal
Jaroslav Marvan
lékař profesor Donát
Karel Hradilák
svůdce Pavel Gabriel
Věra Ferbasová
Vlasta Kučerová, Gabrielova nová známá
Richard F. Branald
předseda senátu
Ferdinand Hart
státní zástupce
Vladimír Smíchovský
přísedící u soudu
Alfred Baštýř
přísedící u soudu
Ferry Seidl
divák v soudní síni
Bedřich Frank
soudní zřízenec
Eman Fiala
nervózní pacient Arnošt Stehlík
Ella Nollová
Stehlíkova manželka
Fanča Foltová
spolužačka Věry
Blanka Šléglová
spolužačka Věry
Zdena Kavková
ošetřovatelka Věry
Karel Postranecký
tovární dělník
Štefan Munk
zpěvák na večírku
Antonín Vaverka
host na večírku
Marie Oliaková
host na večírku
Růžena Kurelová
host na večírku
Vasil Truchlý
houslista na večírku
Slávka Doležalová
servírka na večírku
Felix Kühne
soudní reportér
Gina Hašler
soudní reportér
F. X. Mlejnek
divák v soudní síni
Orchestr F.O.K.
orchestr na večírku
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Kurt Juhn (román)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Set Designer
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Titles Designed by
Production Manager
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Josef Dobeš)
Singer
Ingriš-babies
Songs
První políbení
Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav MottlKarel Melíšek
Singer Štefan Munk
Řeknem' si na shledanou
Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav MottlKarel Melíšek
Singer František Paul
Ach, není, tu není
Song Composer lidová píseň
Singer František Paul
Production info
Original Title
První políbení
Czech Title
První políbení
English Title
The First Kiss
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
melodrama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1935
Production Year
1935
Production specifications
start of filming 24 April 1935 (ateliéry)
end of filming 6 May 1935 (ateliéry)
date of censorship 07/1935
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1941
Premiere
premiere 23 August 1935 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Alfa /3 týdny/, Praha)
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
92 min
Original length in metres
2 615 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,19
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Tobis – Klang
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
Awards
Vítěz
Event: Zlaté štíty časopisu Filmová politika
1935
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Julius Schmitt
Vítěz
Event: Zlaté štíty časopisu Filmová politika
1935
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Vladimír Slavínský
