Czech Castles and Palaces
Country
Austria-HungaryCopyright
1916Production year
1916Premiere
16 December 1916Runtime
8 minDirector
Karel HašlerCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionshortOriginal title
České hrady a zámkyCzech title
České hrady a zámkyEnglish title
Czech Castles and PalacesParallel title
Böhmische Burgen und SchlösserSynopsis
The film begins with shots of the castles of Bezděz, Točník and Karlštejn. In a restaurant at Karlštejn the guests remind Hašler that he is performing at the Varieté club. Hašler misses the train so he starts walking along the main road in the hope of getting a lift. In despair he forces a car to stop and makes the chauffeur to drive backwards to Prague. They stop at the wharf but, because he misses the steamboat , he uses a motorboat. The rest of the journey is spent on a tram. Hašler then quickly changes his clothes in his flat he reaches the Varieté club across the rooftops.
Note
Situation comedy, filmed as the introduction to the play Man without a flat (Der Herr ohne Wohnung by Rudolf Oesterreicher and Bela Jenbach, played by Karel Hašler, Anna Steimarová, Antonín Marek and others), performed at the Karlín Varieté Theater from 16. December 1916. Before the beginning of the performance, the audience was informed that Karel Hašler had not yet come to the theater. The audience watched the film, which began as a normal natural film, until the moment when Karel Hašler descended from the roof of the theater directly onto the stage. With the end of the film, the theatrical performance began. The film was originally incorrectly dated 1914, but the shooting took place in September 1916.
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Production info
Original Title
České hrady a zámky
Czech Title
České hrady a zámky
English Title
Czech Castles and Palaces
Parallel Title
Böhmische Burgen und Schlösser
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Austria-Hungary
Copyright
1916
Production Year
1916
Premiere
premiere 16 December 1916 (Varieté v Karlíně, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
8 min
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,33
Colour
tinting, black & white
Sound
silent
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
without dialogue
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Intertitles languages
Czech
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
