The Prague Adamites
Country
Austria-HungaryCopyright
1917Production year
1917Premiere
19 October 1917Runtime
48 minDirector
Antonín FenclCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionmediumOriginal title
Pražští adamitéCzech title
Pražští adamitéEnglish title
The Prague AdamitesSynopsis
It is Sunday at the Podoli baths. Mr and Mrs Stovicek observe what is going on around them. Mr Stovicek would like to join in the fun at the swimming pool but cannot, for his wife wants to go on an excursion with a friend. Stovicek hides in the rocks during the outing and his wife thinks that he has fallen and is wounded. Her husband, in the meantime, runs back to the swimming pool where he is mistaken for the new lifeguard Vena Vodopich. After a number of comic situations the wife finds out that Stovicek is at the swimming pool and she also believes him to be Vena. Vena's wife is looking for her husband, she needs him to help her look for their child who has gone missing. All ends well when everything is explained. Mrs Stovicek finds her husband, Vena gets drunk and the child is found.
Note
Probably the first Czech film in which one actor plays two parts. Also one of the first Czech films to be sold abroad – Hungary, the Ukraine, the Balkans, Germany and others.
Photos
Cast
Josef Vošalík
pan Jan Šťovíček/plavčík Véna Vodopich
Terezie Javůrková
Šťovíčkova žena
Ada Karlovský
Drbaný, domácí přítel Šťovíčkových
Rudolf Kadlec
kandidát filozofie Ruda Pilník
Ema Švandová-Kadlecová
švadlenka Čiperná
Jiří Nedošinský
vrchní plavčík Maňas
Jaroslav Kindl
Vrťátko, Šťovíčkův přítel
Katy Kaclová-Vališová
Kačenka, Vodopichova žena
Zdena Kavková
švadlenčina přítelkyně
Albína Marhoulová-Wuršerová
švadlenčina přítelkyně
Marie Bohatová
sousedka
Václav Münzberger
nosič
Julius Stallich
nosič
Lili Švandová
dítě na plovárně
Ema Fenclová
dítě na plovárně
Slávka Fenclová
dítě na plovárně
Theodor Pištěk
muž v davu na plovárně
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production info
Original Title
Pražští adamité
Czech Title
Pražští adamité
English Title
The Prague Adamites
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Austria-Hungary
Copyright
1917
Production Year
1917
Production specifications
projection approval 1963
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1991
Premiere
premiere 19 October 1917 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Lucerna /4 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 1 October 1963 /unsuitable for youths/ (filmové kluby)
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Bratři Deglové (původní 1917), Ústřední půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1963)
Technical info
Duration typology
medium length film
Duration in minutes
48 min
Original length in metres
1 271 meters
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
