Líza's Good Fortune
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1939Production year
1939Premiere
10 February 1939Runtime
105 minDirector
Václav BinovecCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Lízino štěstíCzech title
Lízino štěstíEnglish title
Líza's Good FortuneSynopsis
The orphan Líza Irovská from Ptačice has been awarded a scholarship to a convent boarding school. Her sweet nature and singing talents enchant her fellow pupils and earn her close friends. Teacher Mater Regina, under her own name Gizela Lepařová, had once had the misfortune to become engaged to a fraud who stole her family's money. She is now endeavouring to get back the property through the advantageous marriage of her nephew Tomáš, a doctor, to a wealthy girl named Jela Pechlová. She invites him to the boarding school to play the organ at Sunday mass. Tomáš, however, rejects the rich and proud Jela and falls in love with the humble, graceful Líza. Brdička, the new mayor of Ptačice, is supporting the construction of a new sanatorium, a project which puts pressure on the village treasury. The sanatorium is completed but Brdička's son-in-law embezzles the money and runs off with it. The village is left in debt and the community seeks a doctor who would buy the sanatorium. Dr Lepař takes over the hospital with the help of his friend, Pařík, an associate professor. Líza also agrees to become his wife. She gives up her planned career as a singer and enrols in a medical course so that she can help out in the surgery. Finally, Líza also gains the respect of Tomáš's three sisters and his stern grandmother.
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Cast
Zdenka Sulanová
Líza Irovská
Antonie Nedošinská
babička Lepařová
Ladislav Boháč
MUDr. Tomáš Lepař
Eva Prchlíková
Lepařova sestra Eva
Vlasta Hrubá
Lepařova sestra Marta
Eliška Pleyová
Lepařova sestra Marcela
Josef Bělský
Martin manžel
Emanuel Kovařík
Marcelin manžel
Theodor Pištěk
komorník Jan
František Kreuzmann
radní Plichta
Josef Kemr
Plichtův syn Jůla
Karel Černý
mlynář Rejlek, bývalý starosta
Rudolf Hrušínský
Rejlkův syn Jarka
Jaroslav Marvan
starosta Brdička
Bedřich Veverka
JUDr. Leiner
R. A. Dvorský
MUDr. Pařík
Růžena Šlemrová
Sýkorová
Zita Kabátová
Tumlířová, dcera paní Sýkorové
Jára Kohout
temperamentní radní
Jiří Vondrovič
učitel Leština, člen rady
Hermína Vojtová
Mater Regina dříve Gisela Lepařová
Nataša Gollová
Mater Filomena
Marie Ptáková
představená kláštera
Jindra Hermanová
sestra Angelika
Marie Nademlejnská
jeptiška
Drahomíra Hůrková
chovanka kláštera Luďa Hlaváčková
Majva Červená
chovanka kláštera Anny Flosová
Věra Bartošová
chovanka kláštera Jela Pechlová
Zdeňka Valentová
chovanka kláštera Máňa Křepelková
R. A. Strejka
Ota Pechl, Jelin bratr
Nora Cífková
chovanka kláštera
Gustav Hilmar
továrník Pechl, Jelin otec
Jiří Hron
radní z Ptačic
Marie Přikrylová
matka MUDr. Lepaře, sestra Mater Reginy
Marie Blažková
bytná Jarky Rejlka
Karel Veverka
radní Vorlíček
Milka Balek-Brodská
teta z Ptačic
Václav Mlčkovský
lékař MUDr. Beneš
Viktor Ostrý
JUDr. Ludvík Karas, Jelin snoubenec
Milada Smolíková
Karasova matka
Ludvík Řezníček
hostinský Lahoda
Božena Šustrová
komorná babičky Lepařové
František Hlavatý
farář
Ladislav Hemmer
dr. Malec, Brdičkův zeť
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Růžena Utěšilová (Líza Irovská – román)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Set Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Titles Designed by
Production Manager
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Gioacchino Rossini (Lazebník sevillský /Il barbiere di Siviglia/), Franz Schubert (Ave Maria)
Music Performed by
Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Josef Dobeš)
Songs
Leť, můj ptáčku, dál
Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics František Kudrna
Singer Zdenka Sulanová
Ukolébavka
Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics František Kudrna
Singer Zdenka Sulanová
Až půjdeš k nám přes pole háj
Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics František Kudrna
Singer Zdenka Sulanová
Mám své srdéčko volné
Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics František Kudrna
Singer Zdenka Sulanovádívčí sbor
Lazebník sevillský (árie)
Song Composer Gioacchino Rossini
Singer Zdenka Sulanová
Production info
Original Title
Lízino štěstí
Czech Title
Lízino štěstí
English Title
Líza's Good Fortune
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
melodrama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1939
Production Year
1939
Production specifications
start of filming 2 January 1939
end of filming 21 January 1939
date of censorship 02/1939
projection approval 26 October 1945 (neschváleno do distribuce)
Premiere
premiere 10 February 1939 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Světozor /2 týdny/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
105 min
Original length in metres
2 984 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
