Up There in the Mountains
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1920Production year
1920Premiere
31 December 1920Runtime
74 minDirector
Sidney M. GoldinCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Tam na horáchCzech title
Tam na horáchEnglish title
Up There in the MountainsParallel title
Česká láskaEnglish parallel title
A Czech Love StorySynopsis
Country girl Maruška is seduced by the frivolous artist Jaroslav Hanuš. As an unmarried mother she becomes the disgrace of the village and her father, the wealthy farmer Václav, does not survive this shame. The villagers drive the girl out with her baby and nearly stone her to death. Maruška, wandering through the forest, is taken in by the huntsman Hora and his wife Terka. A passing impressario Karel Suda is captivated by Maruška's voice and he encourages her to start taking singing lessons. Maruška becomes an opera star, surrounded by admirers. One of them is Hanuš who does not recognise her as the girl he once seduced and he asks her to marry him. Maruška rejects his offer at first but, in the end, she gives in. As a famous diva, in the company of her husband and child, she visits her native village once more. There she finds that her former love Toník has married her sister Jarmila.
Note
This was the film screened to set the AB production company in motion. Only part of the film has survived.
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Cast
Karel Schleichert
bohatý sedlák Václav
Běla Horská
Václavova žena Hana
Julietta Romona
Václavova dcera Maruška
Anny Ondráková
Václavova dcera Jarmila
Karel Lamač
malíř Jaromír Hanuš
Alexander Zarubin
selský syn Toník
Miloušek Gröschel
Maruščin synek
Vladimír Šrámek
myslivec Hora
Marie Jelínková
Terča Horová
Milada Smolíková
venkovanka
Antonín Meisner
vesničan
František Kudláček
vesničan
Antonín Vaverka
impresário Karel Suda
Iza Grégrová
Sudova žena Žofie
Julie Schlaghammerová
komorná
Rudolf Stahl
vrátný
Josef Rovenský
lékař
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Production info
Original Title
Tam na horách
Czech Title
Tam na horách
English Title
Up There in the Mountains
Parallel Title
Česká láska
English Parallel Title
A Czech Love Story
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
melodrama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1920
Production Year
1920
Production specifications
date of censorship 1 July 1922
Premiere
premiere 31 December 1920 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Lucerna, Koruna a Minuta, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
74 min
Original length in metres
2 100 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
