Irča's Romance [German version]

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1936

Production year

1936

Runtime

74 min

Category

film

Genre

melodrama

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Irčin románek [německá verze]

Czech title

Irčin románek [německá verze]

English title

Irča's Romance [German version]

Parallel title

Flucht an die Adria / Sprung ins Glück / Irenes Roman

Synopsis

Irča Miňovská, the daughter of the director of a car factory, has a chance meeting with mechanic Lexa Hora. They fall in love with one another. Irča's father, however, does not wish an ill-matched relationship for his daughter, and he decides to send Irča to a boarding school so that she will not be able to meet with Lexa. Lexa leaves the plans for his new motor at his friend's, Harry Peters, gives notice at work, and leaves to forget about Irča. Director Miňovský would like to produce the new type of motor but Lexa is nowhere to be found. Only Irča finds out that Lexa is in Yugoslavia and she runs away from the boarding school after him. Together they found the prosperous Adria Bus Company. Harry finally finds out where Lexa is and sets off to Yugoslavia. Some time later he visits Lexa and Irča as the representative of a mysterious competing firm that of late has brought Adria Bus to the brink of bankruptcy, and speaking in the name of his English boss, he offers to take them on in their firm. But the Englishman turns out to be Irča's father. He rehires Lexa at the plant, now as a design engineer, and gives him his daughter as a bride.

Note

This theme had already been treated in a Czech film under the title Irča´s Little Romance I. and Irča´s Little Romance II. (Irča in a Boarding School) (Dir: Václav Binovec, 1921).

Cast

Rolf Wanka

montér Fred Bergen

Rózsi Csikós /ž/

Friedel

Willi Volker

generální ředitel Bongardt, Friedelin otec

Lizzi Holzschuh /ž/

kabaretní zpěvačka Lolo

Tibor von Halmay

Harry Peters, bratranec Friedel

Else Lord /ž/

Schulzeová

Crew and creators

Assistant Director

Václav Dražil

Based on

Josef Roden (Irčin románek – román)

Director of Photography

Jan Roth

Production Designer

Štěpán Kopecký

Set Designer

Arnold Reimann

Film Editor

Marie Bourová

Production Manager

František Jerhot

Cooperation

Willy Ströminger (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Rudolf Maria Mandée

Music Performed by

Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Rudolf Maria Mandée)

Writer of Lyrics

Josef Ronde

Production info

Original Title

Irčin románek [německá verze]

Czech Title

Irčin románek [německá verze]

English Title

Irča's Romance [German version]

Parallel Title

Flucht an die Adria / Sprung ins Glück / Irenes Roman

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

melodrama

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1936

Production Year

1936

Production specifications

start of filming 30 May 1936
end of filming 23 June 1936
date of censorship 11/1936

Premiere

premiere 11/1936 /unsuitable for youths/
premiere abroad 1 June 1939 (Lipsko, Německo)

Production

Meissner

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Meissner

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

74 min

Original length in metres

2 102 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,19

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Tobis – Klang

Versions

German

Dialogue languages

German

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

German