A Delicate Courtship

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1920

Production year

1920

Director

Igor Kouša

Category

film

Genre

slapstick

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Original title

Choulostivé námluvy

Czech title

Choulostivé námluvy

English title

A Delicate Courtship

Synopsis

Scenes from surviving fragments: A girl and boy are working together on an estate; the postman arrives and gives them a letter - Kysilková shouts from the window, runs out and trips over a baby - a man climbs down a ladder from the window - the girl and boy read the letter - Kysilková looks round - people chase the child with a goose, the child hands over the goose and runs off - a group of men dressed in their Sunday best climb up the ladder into the windowthe woman with a gose - a policeman appears, the men try to explain to him something - the group of people climb down the ladder, they are arrested - a man appears at the window - other men peek from around the corner. (The description of surviving scenes.)

Note

Only part of film has survived.

Crew and creators

Director

Igor Kouša

Screenstory

Ivan Knypl

Production info

Original Title

Choulostivé námluvy

Czech Title

Choulostivé námluvy

English Title

A Delicate Courtship

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

slapstick

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1920

Production Year

1920

Production

Čechoslavia

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

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