The Virgin

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1940

Production year

1940

Premiere

2 August 1940

Runtime

82 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Panna

Czech title

Panna

English title

The Virgin

Protectorate parallel title

Die Jungfrau

Synopsis

Mrs Piskořová, co-owner of an insolvent boarding house, forces her daughter Klára into a marriage with the wealthy elderly architect Kacík who has recently left his wife. Klára, however, loves the waiter Prokop who, unbeknown to her, is in fact a mining engineer. No-one is aware of the fact that Klára's land, thought to be worthless, contains a valuable coal deposit. The fraudulent banker Jonát discovers this fact and intends acquiring this land by marrying Klára. Kacík's daughter Milena arrives at the boarding house in an attempt to appease her parents. She also asks her father to urge Jonát to cancel the suspect contracts which threaten her dowry. Mr and Mrs Piskoř try to make Klára decide which of the two she will marry, the architect or the banker. Her answer that it is too late is mistakenly interpreted by her parents who then demand to know who has seduced her. A map of Klára's land is discovered which Jonát had been hiding and which reveals why he wanted to marry her. Kacík forces him to return Milena's dowry and then goes off to see his wife. Klára explains that she is not pregnant and she is finally able to marry her beloved Prokop.

Note

The first performance of the film was held on the 3rd of July 1940 on the festival Filmové žně in Zlín.

Cast

Věra Ferbasová

Klára Piskořová

Saša Rašilov

majitel penzionu Piskoř, otec Kláry

Antonie Nedošinská

Piskořová, matka Kláry

Božena Šustrová

Slávka, Piskořova neteř

Jiří Steimar

architekt Kacík

Marie Rosůlková

Kacíkova žena

Sylva Langová

Milena, dcera Kacíkových

Raoul Schránil

policejní komisař dr. Karel Čermák, Milenin snoubenec

Jiří Vondrovič

Ing. Prokop Čermák, Karlův bratr

Čeněk Šlégl

bankéř Viktor Jonát

František Roland

policejní inspektor Roškot

Vítězslav Boček

porodník MUDr. Jaroslav Hlaváček

Vladimír Salač

Ferda, pikolík v penzionu

Jan W. Speerger

Václav, sluha v penzionu

Jindřich Láznička

vrchní číšník v penzionu

Milena Velíšková

panská v penzionu

Hugo Huška

host v penzionu

Jaroslav Sadílek

Horšák, úředník u bankéře Jonáta

Alois Dvorský

sluha u bankéře Jonáta

Crew and creators

Assistant Director

Antonín Kubový

Based on

František Zavřel (Panna – divadelní hra)

Director of Photography

Karel Degl

Production Designer

Alois Mecera

Set Designer

František Nestler

Film Editor

Antonín Zelenka

Titles Designed by

Arno Pařík

Production Manager

Oldřich Papež

Cooperation

Jaroslav Balzar (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Julius Kalaš

Music Performed by

Orchestr R. A. Dvorského (Music Conducted by R. A. DvorskýJulius Kalaš)

Songs

Proč není žádnou záhadou

Song Composer Julius Kalaš
Singer Inka ZemánkováVěra Ferbasová [dab]

Production info

Original Title

Panna

Czech Title

Panna

English Title

The Virgin

Protectorate Parallel Title

Die Jungfrau

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1940

Production Year

1940

Production specifications

start of filming 4 April 1940
end of filming 23 April 1940
date of censorship 24 June 1940 (kulturně-výchovný)
date of censorship 1943 (predikát „uznáníhodný film“)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
date of censorship 10/1945 (neschváleno do distribuce)

Premiere

festival premiere 3 July 1940 (1. Filmové žně 1940 Zlín)
premiere 2 August 1940 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Adrie /2 týdny/ a Lucerna /2 týdny/, Praha)

Production

Lucernafilm

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Laboratories

AB

Distribution

Lucernafilm

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

82 min

Original length in metres

2 335 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, German

Awards

Vítěz

Exhibition: 1. Filmové žně 1940 Zlín

1940
Zlín / Czechoslovakia
Lucernafilm