The Ring
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1944Production year
1944Premiere
16 February 1945Runtime
93 minDirector
Martin FričCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
PrstýnekCzech title
PrstýnekEnglish title
The RingParallel title
Der FingerringSynopsis
Jan Sochor refuses to help with the construction of a little chapel which is to celebrate the miracles of St Anthony. He tells the priest what happened twenty years ago, the most famous miracle performed by the village's patron saint. At that time a young princess and an old impotent prince came to live in their castle. The fresh air was to try to help them conceive a long-desired heir. The chance encounter between the princess and the able-bodied Sochor led to secret love trysts. Afterwards the couple left and the princess gave birth to a son. Sochor married a girl named Baruška and they had only daughters. Twenty years later the young prince Robert arrives in the village and his passion for hunting secures his friendship with Sochor. Robert grows fond of Sochor's eldest daughter, also called Baruška, but she resists his courtship. Sochor catches them during one of their secret meetings and does not hesitate to use the strap on Robert as he would his children. Robert, furious, has him arrested. In tears, Baruška begs to have her father released and the princess puts things to rights without telling her son that Sochor is his real father.
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Cast
Otomar Korbelář
Jan Sochor/Sochorův otec
Marie Blažková
Sochorova matka
Naděžda Vladyková
Baruška, žena Jana Sochora
Hermína Vojtová
Baruščina matka
Vlasta Fabianová
kněžna Andresová
František Smolík
kníže Ferdinand Andres
Zdeněk Dítě
mladý kníže Robert
Jana Dítětová
Baruška, dcera Jana a Barušky Sochorových
Jaroslav Marvan
farář
Růžena Šlemrová
baronka, společnice kněžny
Jindřich Plachta
doktor
Vladimír Řepa
lesní
Ferenc Futurista
knížecí kočí pan Václav
Ella Nollová
kořenářka
Bolek Prchal
obecní strážník
Alois Dvorský
zvoník Čejka
Jaroslav Seník
kastelán
Ota Motyčka
kostelník
Jiří Vondrovič
myslivec
Ludmila Skleničková
komorná na zámku, myslivcova milá
Karel Šmíd
nadlesní
Emil Bolek
hajný
Bedřich Bozděch
komorník Filip
Milka Balek-Brodská
služka na faře
Antonín Soukup
starosta obce Marčan
Darja Hajská
starostova žena
Karel Veverka
venkovan
Miloš Šubrt
venkovan
Emanuel Hříbal
venkovan
Josef Steigl
venkovan
Josef Oliak
venkovan
Běla Jurdová
dívka okopávající růže
Crew and creators
Director
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Václav Hanuš (interiéry), Julius Vegricht (exteriéry)
Production Designer
Set Designer
Costumes
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Consultant
J. M. Gottlieb (umělecký poradce), Miroslav Haller (jazykový poradce)
Cooperation
Antonín Frič (fotograf), Jindřich Marco (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Songs
Vítejte nám
Singer dětský sbor
Production info
Original Title
Prstýnek
Czech Title
Prstýnek
English Title
The Ring
Parallel Title
Der Fingerring
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1944
Production Year
1944
Production specifications
date of censorship 9 February 1945 (predikát „uznáníhodný film“)
projection approval 06/1945 (konec povolení k promítání 31. 12. 1948)
Premiere
premiere 16 February 1945 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Adria /3 týdny/, Kapitol /3 týdny/ a Lucerna /3 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 23 June 1945 /unsuitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Nationalfilm (původní 1945), Státní půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1945)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
93 min
Original length in metres
2 638 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
