The Forgery
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1957Production year
1957Premiere
29 November 1957Runtime
83 minDirector
Vladimír BorskýCategory
filmGenre
detective, crimeTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
PadělekCzech title
PadělekEnglish title
The ForgerySynopsis
Actress Olga Brandová arrives home from the cinema and finds her husband, whom she is divorcing, shot dead. It seems like a clear case of suicide, however, police Lieutenant Dušek has suspicions that he was murdered, possibly even by Olga. A letter from the dead Brand supposedly confirms the suicide. Olga's lawyer and friend, Dr Klimeš, gradually uncovers all kinds of strange circumstances surrounding Brand's death. He first finds out that the letter is a forgery and that Brand belonged to a dangerous gang which committed crimes against the state. Dr Klimeš is not sure whether to give Dušek this information. He is afraid that his testimony would confirm Dušek's suspicions about Olga. In the end his sense for justice and truth gets the better of him. The information he provides leads to the unveiling of the gang's criminal activities. Further investigation proves Olga's innocence, and Brand's murderer is found. The latter had forced money out of Brand which he had received for his services to a foreign legation.
Photos
Cast
Vítězslav Vejražka
právní zástupce JUDr. Petr Klimeš
Vlasta Matulová
herečka Olga Brandová
František Hanus
nadporučík Dušek
Stanislav Neumann
profesor Novák
Bohumil Švarc
poručík Karlíček
Jaroslav Mareš
Hugo Drašner
Walter Taub
dr. Vilém Horyna
Václav Vydra ml.
Karel Brand
Vladimír Menšík
Alfréd Toglar alias Václav Dvořáček
Otylie Beníšková
Klimešova matka
Miloš Nedbal
podplukovník
Miroslav Abrahám
detektiv
Jaroslava Adamová
Kadlecová, Drašnerova milenka
Gabriela Bártlová-Buddeusová
pokladní
Nina Bártů
Nováková
Vladimír Bičík
příslušník VB u vysílačky
Václav Fišer
tajný
Věra Hanslíková
dispečerka záchranné stanice
Bohuš Hradil
vedoucí kina
Jana Koulová
sekretářka u Klimeše
Stanislav Langer
předseda soudu
Karel Linc
Karel Palouš
Heda Marková
správcová
Karel Pavlík
lékař
Jiří Pleskot
důstojník VB
Jiří Suk
laborant
Miluše Zoubková
Klára
Miroslav Zounar
dozorčí důstojník
Ladislav Trojan
příslušník VB
Jindřich Narenta
tiskař
Ladislav Gzela
člen bandy
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Special Effects
Production Manager
Consultant
npor. Miroslav Opravil
Cooperation
Bohuslav Kück (fotograf), Eva Kučerová
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)
Production info
Original Title
Padělek
Czech Title
Padělek
English Title
The Forgery
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
detective, crime
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1957
Production Year
1957
Production specifications
projection approval 24 October 1957
withdrawal from distribution 6 April 1965
Premiere
premiere 29 November 1957 /inaccessible for youths/ (kina Blaník /4 týdny/, Kyjev /1 týden/, Radost /1 týden od 13. 12./ a Revoluce /1 týden od 20. 12./, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Šebor – Kratochvíl, Miloš V. Kratochvíl (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Jiří Šebor (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
83 min
Original length in metres
2 361 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
