The Stolen Frontier
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1947Production year
1946Premiere
14 March 1947Runtime
86 minDirector
Jiří WeissCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Uloupená hraniceCzech title
Uloupená hraniceEnglish title
The Stolen FrontierWorking title
Dny zradySynopsis
In autumn 1938, Czech inhabitants of the border regions are forced to leave their homes. In the Kalich village in the Ore Mountains region only the wood-cutter Srbek, tax officers and gendarmes stay. There are more and more conflicts in the old Langer's mixed Czech-German family. Daughter Anna Marie feels Czech after her mother while her brother Hans is fanatically loyal to the idea of Greater Germany and, together with other Germans, is preparing an armed attack against the Czechs. The situation culminates in a real battle after mobilisation is proclaimed. In his heedlessness, Hans doesn't even hesitate to shoot at his own sister, who prefers the Czech side. He marches into battle alongside the Sudeten Nazis, one of which shot his mother while his father hung himself of grief. Hans is killed in a shooting next to the gendarmes' station. Gendarmes are fighting the attackers together with the army which came to help. In the morning, however, they are given an order to vacate the border region. They all comply bitterly and move inland but with a hope that they will return one day.
Photos
Cast
L. H. Struna
dřevorubec Srbek
Rudolf Deyl ml.
četař Vrba
Rudolf Široký
vrchní strážmistr Josef Prýmek
J. O. Martin
dřevorubec Mathias Langer
Marie Nademlejnská
Langerova žena
Milica Kolofíková
Anna Marie, dcera Langerových
Josef Maršálek
Hans, syn Langerových
Eduard Linkers
nadlesní Otto Czapan
Saša Rašilov
vrchní respicient Antonín Brož
Karel Effa
závodčí Jarda
Miloslav Holub
poštmistr Johann Zeisler
Elvíra Lammerová
Greta, Zeislerova žena
Robert Vrchota
Kurt Reichmann
Terezie Brzková
babička Srbková
Jana Koulová
Jana, Srbkova dcera
Vilém Pfeiffer
strážmistr Václav Sychra
Hynek Němec
dřevorubec Erlbach
Bohumil Slabihoudek
rytmistr Rylek
Jaroslav Orlický
dřevorubec Jung
Karel Peyr
sturmführer Tidden
Vlastimil Brodský
adjunkt Mahler
Josef Bulík
Fabián, Srbkův syn
Stanislav Valenta
financ Sezima
Václav Pata
hostinský
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Vladimír Hrubeš (asistent scény), Karel Beran (asistent scény)
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Production Designer
Set Designer
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Consultant
plk. Boris Bořík, pplk. A. M. Pryl
Cooperation
Vladimír Valenta (režijní spolupráce), René Elstner (fotograf), Antonín Frič (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Milivoj Uzelac)
Production info
Original Title
Uloupená hranice
Czech Title
Uloupená hranice
English Title
The Stolen Frontier
Working Title
Dny zrady
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1947
Production Year
1946
Production specifications
start of filming 09/1946
end of filming 21 December 1946
date of censorship 10 March 1947 (konec povolení k promítání 10. 3. 1952)
withdrawal from distribution 30 June 1990
Premiere
premiere 14 March 1947 /suitable for youths/ (kina Hvězda /4 týdny/, Letka /3 týdny/ a Svoboda /2 týdny/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Výrobní skupina Karla Feixe, Karel Feix (vedoucí výrobní skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
86 min
Original length in metres
2 451 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech, German
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
Awards
Vítěz
Event: Anketa Filmových novin o nejlepší český a zahraniční film
1947
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Vítěz
Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů
1947
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Jan Roth
Vítěz
Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů
1947
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Vítěz
Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů
1947
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Jiří Srnka
Vítěz
Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů
1947
Praha / Czechoslovakia
L. H. Struna
Vítěz
Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů
1947
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Bohumil Štěpánek
Vítěz
Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů
1947
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Antonín Zelenka
Vítěz
Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů
1947
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Jiří Weiss
