People on the Iceberg
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1936Production year
1936Premiere
5 February 1937Runtime
83 minDirector
Martin FričCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Lidé na křeCzech title
Lidé na křeEnglish title
People on the IcebergSynopsis
The prevailing pitiful economic situation affects the lives of many people. Professor Václav Junek gradually realises that his idealistic notions differ considerably from the real life of his four children. The eldest son Zdeněk, an engineer, has been unemployed for two years. His daughter Pavla is a doctor with a low salary and, for existential reasons, accepts the attentions and finally an offer of marriage from a well situated but unloved colleague. The professor's second daughter Hanka leaves her job as a shorthand typist dreaming of becoming a film star. She puts her faith in the fraudulent "film director" Pavelka and helps him to find money for a film project. When she discovers that he is a fake, she rushes into a relationship with a wealthy industrialist. She also secures a job in his factory for her brother Zdeněk. The youngest son Jirka finds work as an accountant at a brewery, but only due to his talent as a footballer. Thus the despairing father is finally persuaded of the aptness of an allegory he reads in one of his students' essays where the situation of young people is compared to that of shipwreck survivors; they are driven onto an iceberg by the wind and waves and now face an uncertain and dark sea.
Note
The film was presented at the 5th Venice Film Festival, 1937.
Photos
Cast
František Smolík
profesor Václav Junek
Zdeňka Baldová
Anna, Junkova žena
Ladislav Boháč
Ing. Zdeněk Junek, syn Junkových
Lída Baarová
MUDr. Pavla Junková, dcera Junkových
Hana Vítová
stenotypistka Hanka, dcera Junkových
Ladislav Pešek
absolvent obchodní akademie Jirka, syn Junkových
Růžena Šlemrová
teta Máli, sestra profesora Junka
Ella Nollová
služka Barča
Bedřich Veverka
MUDr. Vladimír Řípa
Jiří Dohnal
fotbalista Franta Cikán
Ladislav Hemmer
filmový režisér Frank Pavelka
Marie Glázrová
Marta, Zdeňkova dívka
Jaroslav Marvan
ministr Bedřich Peterka
Zvonimir Rogoz
filmový podnikatel Bruckmann
Michel Elaguine
sekretář u Bruckmanna
Doďa Pražský
filmový autor Harry O. Viktora
Vladimír Hlavatý
agitátor
Jarmila Zezulková
služka u tety Máli
Alois Peterka
předseda S. K. Kladno
Jiří Vasmut
jednatel S. K. Kladno
Eduard Blažek
funkcionář S. K. Kladno
František Filipovský
jednatel S. K. Hvězda
Ferry Seidl
funkcionář S. K. Hvězda
Emanuel Hříbal
zřízenec na ministerstvu
Josef Kotalík
sekretář u ministra
Karel Faltys
návštěvník u ministra
František Haller
ředitel baru
Bedřich Frank
portýr v baru
Pavla Stahlová
sestra v nemocnici
Otto Sattler
barový houslista
Slávka Doležalová
žena v čekárně u Bruckmanna
Karel Veverka
muž v čekárně u Bruckmanna
Jan W. Speerger
dělník Karel Malý, sebevrah
Pechová
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Walter Schorsch, Antonín Kubový, Jiří Weiss (adept režie)
Based on
Vilém Werner (Lidé na kře – divadelní hra)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Set Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Julius Kalaš)
Danced by
Joe Turner
Songs
Echoes of a Music Hall
Song Composer Jaroslav Ježek
Production info
Original Title
Lidé na kře
Czech Title
Lidé na kře
English Title
People on the Iceberg
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1936
Production Year
1936
Production specifications
start of filming 16 November 1936
end of filming 2 December 1936
date of censorship 01/1937
withdrawal from distribution 01/1940
Premiere
premiere 5 February 1937 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Adria /2 týdny/ a Hollywood /3 týdny/, Praha)
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
83 min
Original length in metres
2 360 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
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: Ceny ministra průmyslu, obchodu a živností
1937
Praha / Czechoslovakia
František Smolík
Vítěz
Event: Odměny ministra průmyslu, obchodu a živností
1937
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Vítěz
Event: Zvláštní cena Filmového poradního sboru
1937
Praha / Czechoslovakia
