The Hackney Driver's Song

Country

Czechoslovakia, Austria

Copyright

1936

Production year

1936

Premiere

30 April 1937

Runtime

93 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Píseň drožkáře

Czech title

Píseň drožkáře

English title

The Hackney Driver's Song

Parallel title

Wiener Fiakerlied [německý distribuční název v Československu] / Liebe im Dreivierteltakt [německý distribuční název v Německu a v Rakousku]

Working title

Poslední drožkář / Poslední fiakr / Poslední píseň drožkáře

Synopsis

Leopold Weinzierl does not recognise technical progress and finds himself the last hackney driver in Vienna. He does not make much money and the mortgage payments on his little house which he has to make to the innkeeper Schöberl are becoming a burden to him. Schöberl, however, wants to marry Weinzierl's daughter Franci. One day the engineer Lobmeyer comes to see the hackney driver and offers to buy the house off him as he wants to expand his factory. Weinzierl hesitates at first but then he agrees to the sale and goes off to sign the contract. The hackney driver finds a party in progress at the engineer's villa and Franci is among the guests. Her father is furious to find her there, he refuses to sign the contract and takes his daughter home. He forces her to marry Schöberl so that his little house is saved. When Franci declines, Schöberl decides to take revenge by putting up the house for auction, thereby forcing Franci to marry him. The house, however, is bought by Lobmeyer. When Weinzierl convinces himself that the two young people are in love, he consents to their marriage. His greatest joy is being able to drive the young couple to their wedding in his hackney cab.

Note

The film, produced at Barrandov, was only made in its German version. In regions with a primarily German-speaking population it was screened under the title Wiener Fiakerlied, in Germany it was shown as Liebe im Dreivierteltakt.

Cast

Leo Slezak

drožkář Leopold Weinzirl

Annie Rosar /ž/

Resi, Leopoldova žena

Lizzi Holzschuh /ž/

prodavačka Franzi, dcera Weinzierl

Hans Holt

inženýr Erich von Lobmayer

Hans Götz

vinař Ferdl Schöberl

Rudolf Carl

sluha a šofér Stierböck

Ida Rossi /ž/

radová Lobmeyerová, Erichova nevlastní matka

Viktor Socha

číšník ve vinárně

Josef Dobeš

dirigent kapely

Emil Dlesk

číšník v Grinzingu

Jiří Hron

číšník v Grinzingu

Antonín Jirsa

hostinský v Grinzingu

F. X. Mlejnek

dražitel

Crew and creators

Assistant Director

Jindřich Fiala

Screenstory

Julius Horst

Director of Photography

Jan Roth

Production Designer

Alois Mecera

Set Designer

Jan Petera

Film Editor

Marie Bourová

Production Manager

Arthur Feist, Karel Špelina

Cooperation

Willy Ströminger (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Robert Stolz

Music Performed by

Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Dol Dauber)

Songs

Píseň fiakristy

Song Composer Robert Stolz
Writer of Lyrics Hans Honer
Singer Leo Slezak

Píseň při víně

Song Composer Robert Stolz
Writer of Lyrics Hans Honer
Singer Leo Slezak

Production info

Original Title

Píseň drožkáře

Czech Title

Píseň drožkáře

English Title

The Hackney Driver's Song

Parallel Title

Wiener Fiakerlied [německý distribuční název v Československu] / Liebe im Dreivierteltakt [německý distribuční název v Německu a v Rakousku]

Working Title

Poslední drožkář / Poslední fiakr / Poslední píseň drožkáře

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia, Austria

Copyright

1936

Production Year

1936

Production specifications

start of filming 18 October 1936
end of filming 6 November 1936
date of censorship 12/1936

Premiere

premiere abroad 4 March 1937 (Berlín, Německo)
premiere 30 April 1937 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Alfa /2 týdny/, Praha)
premiere abroad 12 November 1937 (Vídeň, Rakousko)

Production

Dafa, Arthur Feist

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Dafa

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

93 min

Original length in metres

2 640 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Tobis – Klang

Versions

German

Dialogue languages

German

Subtitles languages

Czech

Opening/End credits languages

German