Gossips
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1938Production year
1938Premiere
27 September 1938Runtime
90 minDirector
Hugo HaasCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Co se šeptáCzech title
Co se šeptáEnglish title
GossipsSynopsis
On a park bench one gossip tells another the story of a young man who has just walked by. Years before, his mother Helena had been a beautiful and gifted student of singing. Her platonic lover was Vilém, fellow student and son of a bodice manufacturer and salesman. After a graduation party at the Conservatory Martin frivolously seduced Helena. The next day he went to Paris and left no word of himself at all. The girl was horrified to find out she was pregnant. She therefore welcomed Vilem's gallant proposal of marriage. Eight years passed. Vilém was by then successfully managing his factory, he adored his son Ivan as his own, and Helena loved her husband. But then Martin came back. He yearned for Helena and suspected Ivan was his son. Helena resisted Martin's courtship and Ivan instinctively hated his "uncle". One evening, before Martin was to leave, they had some champagne. When Vilém went to bed, drunken Martin embraced Helena. Ivan happened to see this and told Vilém. The latter generously offered liberty to his wife. Helena refused, because she loved her husband. The gossips are tearful at the touching story. A pensioner on the next bench observes: "Everything passes, only gossips are eternal."
Photos
Cast
Jiřina Štěpničková
Helena Horáková
Hugo Haas
Vilém Gregor, Helenin muž
Ríša Novák
Helenin synek Ivan
Karel Veverka
výrobce šněrovaček, Vilémův otec
Saša Rašilov
penzista
František Roland
zahradník Šebor
Růžena Šlemrová
klepna
Lola Skrbková
klepna
Jozef Budský
hudebník Rudolf Martin
K. Meinhardt
ředitel Stavovského divadla Angelo Neumann
Jiří Vondrovič
student Růžička
Stanislav Neumann
student Krištůfek
František Paul
student Nečas
Eva Prchlíková
studentka Klára
Marie Blažková
Nána, Ivanova chůva
Fanda Mrázek
zpěvák v kabaretu
František Černý
čalouník Skutecký
Elsa Vetešníková
uklízečka
Karel Jičínský
sekretář Stavovského divadla
Jaroslava Vacková
Helenina teta
Fráňa Vajner
listonoš
Rudolf Vašíček
pianista korepetitor
Marie Ježková
teta Ema
Eliška Jílková
teta Klotylda
František Filipovský
strýc Adolf
Karel Černý
sluha u Gregorů Jerolím
Elena Hálková
prodavačka u Gregorů
Antonín Bulík
princ Lobkovic
Alena Koukolíčková
zákaznice u Gregorů
Marie Bibikoffová
studentka Lída
Vilém Prokop Mlejnek
student kytarista a čelista
Hanuš Süskind
student a klavírista Karel
Miroslav Kryštof-Kutina
student Jan
Dagmar Vondrová
studentka Julie
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Costume Designer
Václav Sejček (kostýmy Jiřiny Štěpničkové)
Make-Up Artist
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 Jan Branberger)
Songs
Jsou dívčí ústa rajská zahrada
Song Composer Jan Branberger
Singer Fanda Mrázek
Loučení, loučení
Singer sbor
Za jeden krásný pohled tvůj
Singer František Černý
Production info
Original Title
Co se šeptá
Czech Title
Co se šeptá
English Title
Gossips
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
melodrama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1938
Production Year
1938
Production specifications
start of filming 19 July 1938
end of filming 10 August 1938
date of censorship 09/1938
projection approval 22 November 1945 (konec povolení k promítání 22. 11. 1946)
projection approval 2 October 1946 (konec povolení k promítání 22. 5. 1947)
Premiere
premiere 27 September 1938 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Adrie /2 týdny/ a Hvězda /2 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 1 December 1945 /unsuitable for youths/
renewed premiere 1968 /unsuitable for youths/ (Filmové kluby)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Lloyd (původní 1938), Státní půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1945), Ústřední půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1968)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
90 min
Original length in metres
2 560 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
