Mist in the Moorland
Typology
featureLenght
longCzech title
Mlhy na BlatechRuntime
94 minCountry
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1943Production year
1943Premiere
14.01.1944Language version
CzechDirector
František ČápSynopsis
The orphan Vojta works as a horseherd for farmer Potužák. The wild young man is hard-working but unruly. He is fond of poaching animals on the lords' estates, in the forests and lakes which he sells to middlemen. Potužák's sixteen-year-old daughter Apolenka is in love with him, as he is with her, although he is unconscious of the fact. Her timid brother Václav admires Vojta while Vojta despises him. Apolenka is attacked in the forest by the drunk Martinák. Vojta stuns him with a rod and runs off with Apolenka. Unfortunately the man comes to just as Václav is walking past him and the latter is blamed for the attack. Václav is arrested. Apolenka wants Vojta to tell what really happened; although he says nothing, Václav is still released shortly afterwards. Vojta begins to feel pangs of guilt and starts behaving more kindly to Václav. He now even finds killing animals distasteful. When he lets a deer free from its trap, the poacher Karhoun stabs him with a knife. Vojta, seriously wounded, is saved by granny Potužák and her great healing potions. The young man now has to serve in the army but Potužák promises him that, if he acquires a good position in the future, he will be able to have Apolenka as his wife.
Note
The film was presented already late in 1943 in České Budějovice, Louny nad Pardubice.
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Cast
Zdeněk Štěpánek
sedlák Josef Potužák
Marie Blažková
manželka Potužáka
Vladimír Salač
Václav, syn Potužákových
Jarmila Smejkalová
Apolenka, dcera Potužákových
Terezie Brzková
zbudovská babička
Rudolf Hrušínský
čeledín Vojta
Jaroslav Zrotal
myslivec Radonický
Jaroslav Průcha
sedlák z Pašic Jakub Krušný
Marie Nademlejnská
manželka Jakuba Krušného
Josef Kotapiš
Jakub, syn Krušných
Helena Smolová
Anča, dcera Krušných
Vilém Pfeiffer
panský pěšák Martinák
František Kreuzmann
pytlák Karhoun
Miloš Nedbal
vyšetřující soudce
František Roland
košíkář Pavlíček
Vladimír Řepa
Lochnout
Otto Rubík
panský správce
František Filipovský
soudní úředník Novák
Rudolf Deyl ml.
pacholek u Potužáků Tomeš
Alois Dvorský
krejčí Mejstřík
Vladimír Šmeral
mladý sedlák u zbudovské babičky
Jan W. Speerger
porybný
Darja Hajská
hospodyně u zbudovské babičky
Bohuš Rendl
Ferda, druhý syn Krušného
Jaroslav Orlický
četník
František Kovářík
překupník
Špaček
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Based on
Karel Klostermann (Mlhy na Blatech – román)
Screenplay
Camera
Ferdinand Pečenka, Bruno Stephan, J. V. Staněk (přírodní snímky)
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Production info
Original Title
Mlhy na Blatech
English Title
Mist in the Moorland
Working Title
Milenec tůní / Láska a vášeň
Category
film
Typology
feature
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1943
Production Year
1943
Premiere
14.01.1944
Production
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Technical info
Lenght
long
Runtime
94 min
Versions
Czech