Over the Chasm
Category
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionOriginal title
Nad propastíCzech title
Nad propastíEnglish title
Over the ChasmSynopsis
Nelly Brunerová would be glad to marry her lover Vronský after her divorce, However, according to the law; she has to wait one year. On a trip to the Krkonoše Mountains Nelly begins to flirt with Renet, a friend of Vronský. Vronský then closes his life insurance policy and determines to put Nelly's love to the test. He sets out on a mountain climb and fakes a fall which supposedly results in his death. His body is never recovered and therefore Nelly has a legitimate claim to payment from the insurance policy only after one year. For the time being Nelly and Renet lead an extravagant life together. Renet falls into debt and perpetrates a fraud. Nelly refuses to help him out of his precarious situation. One day, to his great surprise, Renet meets Vronský, who helps him to settle his debts. On the anniversary of Vronský's death Nelly receives a copy of the will in which Vronský has bequeathed her only a piece of good advice - that she should change her way of life. Nelly tries in vain to win Vronský back. He is for her, lost, like her respectable life.
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Cast
Vladimír Majer
dr. Karel Vronský
Eduard Blažek
bankovní disponent Renet, Karlův přítel
Růžena Šlemrová
Nelly Brunnerová
Hanuš Folkman
majitel hutí Pavel Berger
Jerzy Pawikowski
sluha Vronského
František Kudláček
horal Ondřej Pastejřík
Vojtěch Záhořík
úředník pojišťovny
Luigi Hofman
ředitel banky
Jan W. Speerger
notář/ďábel
Jindřich Edl
bankovní revizor
Karel René Moláček
host na večírku u Nelly
Luďa Borská
Zuzka, Pastejříkova dcera
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Screenstory
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Production info
Original Title
Nad propastí
Czech Title
Nad propastí
English Title
Over the Chasm
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1921
Production Year
1921
Premiere
premiere 3 March 1922 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Sanssouci, Praha)
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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
