The Unknown Mothers
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1921Production year
1921Premiere
4 March 1921Director
František HlavatýCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionOriginal title
Neznámé matkyCzech title
Neznámé matkyEnglish title
The Unknown MothersParallel title
Mračna, jež halí štěstíEnglish parallel title
Clouds Which Veil HappinessSynopsis
Stáza Šimková is in love with young Jan. However, Jan leaves her and Stáza confesses to her father that she is expecting a baby. Her father banishes her and Stáza, in desperation, leaves her new born daughter at a home for foundlings because she does not have the means to bring her up. Later, she works as an accountant for factory owner, Janota and, in time, she marries him. Twelve years of happy marriage later, Stáza is plagued by her conscience and turns to her brother, Václav for help. By chance she then meets Marie, a twelve-year-old boarder at Kalin's poultry farm and recognises her to be her daughter. Stáza is very anxious about Marie's future, and indeed her own and Václav magnanimously offers to bring Marie up himself. At this time Jan appears. For years he has been looking for Stáza and the child. Janota finds out the truth about his wife's past and wants to drive Stáza out of his home but Václav stands up for her and reminds Janota of the twelve happy years of marriage he has spent with Stáza. Janota accepts his wife back and her daughter. Jan secures Václav a position in Vienna.
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Cast
Anna Iblová
Stáza Šimková provdaná Janotová
Jaroslav Vojta
nadlesní, Stázin otec
Bedřich Karen
továrník Janota
František Hlavatý
Stázin starší bratr Václav
Theodor Pištěk
Václavův syn Gustav
Josef Rozsíval
lesnický mládenec Jan
Věra Hlavatá
Stázina dcerka Marie
Marie Ptáková
drůbežnice Kalinová, Mariina pěstounka
Jan Zelenka
účetní u Janoty
Rudolf Žák
sluha u Janoty
Anna Zelenková
domovnice v domě Kalinové
Anna Bernhardtová
Janotova neteř
Zdeňka Baldová
Mína
Josef Vošalík
Janotův přítel
Bedřich Vrbský
Janotův přítel
František Kovářík
Janotův přítel
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Production info
Original Title
Neznámé matky
Czech Title
Neznámé matky
English Title
The Unknown Mothers
Parallel Title
Mračna, jež halí štěstí
English Parallel Title
Clouds Which Veil Happiness
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
melodrama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1921
Production Year
1921
Premiere
premiere 4 March 1921 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Slavia, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
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
