For the Girl
Country
Austria-HungaryCopyright
1918Production year
1918Premiere
3 March 1919Category
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionOriginal title
O děvčicuCzech title
O děvčicuEnglish title
For the GirlParallel title
Podlužácké hody v LanžhotěSynopsis
May-Day celebrations are under way in a small Moravian village. The chief miller opens the festivities. Anka is an amiable young girl whom all the lads in the village are trying to court. The forester also admires her and asks her for a dance under the May pole. The young lads draw her away from him since someone from outside the village is not allowed to behave in this way with a village girl during the May-Day celebrations. Anka runs off into the woods. The forester catches her up and tries to force his attentions on her. Anka tries to defend herself. The village lads find them in the woods, they take the forester back to his house and the celebrations continue.
Note
The film was made during the last few days before the founding of the Czechoslovak Republic in September 1918. The scenes of the village feasting appeared once more in 1925 as The Podlužácký Feast in Lanžhot (280m).
In 1980s the film was reconstructed by Czechoslovak Film Institute.
Photos
Cast
Florentin Steinsberg
lesní sedlák Gajda
Ida Elková
Gajdova žena
Vlasta Lašková
Anka, dcera Gajdových
Mikuláš Souček
stárek Jozka
Cyril Bartošík
Francek, Jozkův kamarád
Emil Focht
myslivec
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production info
Original Title
O děvčicu
Czech Title
O děvčicu
English Title
For the Girl
Parallel Title
Podlužácké hody v Lanžhotě
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Austria-Hungary
Copyright
1918
Production Year
1918
Production specifications
date of censorship 26 April 1919
Premiere
premiere 3 March 1919 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Lucerna, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
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
