The Bartered Bride

Country

Austria-Hungary

Copyright

1913

Production year

1913

Premiere

3 October 1913

Director

Max Urban

Category

film

Genre

opera

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Film state

lost film

Original title

Prodaná nevěsta

Czech title

Prodaná nevěsta

English title

The Bartered Bride

Synopsis

A shortened version of Smetana's opera The Bartered Bride produced by the National Theatre in Prague and performed on an open-air stage in Sarka on the 16th of May 1913.

Note

Since the film has not survived, it is not known which opera scenes were included in the film. The film materials are believed lost.

Cast

Marie Šlechtová

Mařenka

Emil Pollert

dohazovač Kecal

Emil Burian

Krušina, Mařenčin otec

Věra Pivoňková

Krušinová, Mařenčina matka

Karel Hruška

principál

Ema Miřiovská

Esmeralda

Otakar Chmel

Mícha

Crew and creators

Director

Max Urban

Based on

Karel Sabina (Prodaná nevěsta – libreto k opeře)

Director of Photography

Václav Münzberger

Production info

Original Title

Prodaná nevěsta

Czech Title

Prodaná nevěsta

English Title

The Bartered Bride

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Film state

lost film

Genre

opera

Origin country

Austria-Hungary

Copyright

1913

Production Year

1913

Production specifications

start of filming 16 May 1913
end of filming 16 May 1913
date of censorship 18 March 1921 (obnovené uvedení)

Premiere

premiere 3 October 1913 (kino Lido bio /2 týdny/, Praha)

Production

ASUM

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

ASUM

Technical info

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

Czech

Opening/End credits languages

Czech