Rivals

Country

Austria-Hungary

Copyright

1911

Production year

1911

Runtime

10 min

Category

film

Genre

western

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Sokové

Czech title

Sokové

English title

Rivals

Synopsis

A description of the surviving scenes: Two girls are dancing in the inn, one wearing a white dress, the other in black - a bandit arrives - the bandit han an argument with another guest about one of the girls - the fight continues on the rocks - the bandit throws his rival off the cliff - the girl in black mourns the dead man - a cowboy appears on a horse - the girl in black laments the crime to him - the cowboy catches up with the bandit, he disarms him and ties him to a tree - the old man who is towatch over the captive gets drunk and falls asleep - the girl in white, armed with a revolver, frees the bandit, her lover, and they both tie the watchman to the tree instead - the cowboy returns and again fights with the bandit - the girl in white is accidently shot during the ensuing duel - the cowboy leads the handcuffed bandit away. (Description of the survived scenes.)

Note

Further information about the film-makers and cast is unavailable and the contents of the film cannot be determined from what material has survived. The film was incomplete and probably not screened.

Crew and creators

Director of Photography

Antonín Pech

Production info

Original Title

Sokové

Czech Title

Sokové

English Title

Rivals

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

western

Origin country

Austria-Hungary

Copyright

1911

Production Year

1911

Premiere

premiere (neproběhla)

Production

Kinofa

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

10 min

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,33

Colour

black & white

Sound

silent

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

without dialogue

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Intertitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

without subtitles