The Sorcerer
Country
Austria-HungaryCopyright
1918Production year
1918Premiere
20 December 1918Director
Antonín FenclCategory
filmGenre
detective, dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionFilm state
lost filmOriginal title
ČarodějCzech title
ČarodějEnglish title
The SorcererSynopsis
Detective Torp has been invited by factory-owner Klas to investigate a theft in his villa. Shortly afterwards his son Slávek is kidnapped. Torp asks for the help of Slávek's friend and, thanks to him, they discover a secret cave and Slávek himself. Torp continues the investigation in disguise and he concludes that the cave is linked by a secret corridor to an old house where, traditionally, a wizard is supposed to live. Klas makes a breakthrough in the investigation when he receives an invitation to a meeting with an unknown man. Torp again picks up the trail and , disguised as a waiter, catches the factory-owner's wife giving the unknown man her jewels. Thus the theft in the villa is explained, for Mrs Klas is buying silence from a blackmailer for a past misdemeanour. After a chase Torp catches up with the unknow man – the wizard – and hands him over to the law. The compromising letters are finally given back to the factory-owner's wife. (According to promotional material issued at the time the film was made.)
Note
The film materials are believed lost.
Photos
Cast
Bedřich Karen
továrník Klas
Liběna Odstrčilová
Klasova žena
Miloš Nový
detektiv Torp
Eduard Kohout
detektiv Lapka
Marie Zelenková
Pollertová
dítě
Ema Fenclová
dítě
Jára Pollert
Slávek
Liduška Kominíková
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Cooperation
Ferdinand Seidl (fotograf)
Production info
Original Title
Čaroděj
Czech Title
Čaroděj
English Title
The Sorcerer
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Film state
lost film
Genre
detective, drama
Origin country
Austria-Hungary
Copyright
1918
Production Year
1918
Premiere
premiere 20 December 1918 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Světozor, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
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
