The Maharajah's Pleasure
Category
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionFilm state
lost filmOriginal title
Maharadžovo potěšeníCzech title
Maharadžovo potěšeníEnglish title
The Maharajah's PleasureParallel title
Harémy kouzla zbavenéEnglish parallel title
Harems Without MagicSynopsis
"Maharaja Mamlas Bej drives around the estate of Raul Dusotel. In the fields behind the farm, he and his servants come across Dusotil's daughter, Rhapsodie, and they kidnap her taking her home in the car with them. Dusotil calls on detective Mlha and, with his assistance, they take on the Maharajah and his followers. One by one the pursuers find their way into the Maharajah's palace and are knocked out. Finally, there is an explosion in the palace and the pursuers are able to rescue Rhapsodie." (Quotation from the censor's certificate.)
Note
The film was shot in the AB Vinohrady Studios in the interiors of the film Mrtví žijí (The Dead Are Living). A grotesque comedy, it was part of the Anton Comedies cycle. The censors banned the film for the following reason: "As the shots are in incessant bad taste, compiling offensive scenes which are an infringement upon public decency, the film is immoral spectatle which would cause a public nuisance and therefore contravenes moral honour." The film materials are believed lost.
Photos
Cast
Karel Lamač
mahárádža Mamlas Bej
Nataša Cyganková
mahárádžova favoritka
Betty Kysilková
Rapsodie
Theodor Pištěk
farmář Raoul Dusotil, Rapsodiin otec
Jan S. Kolár
detektiv Mlha
Jaroslav Balzar
detektivův pomocník
Otto Heller
eunuch
Rudolf Stahl
mahárádžova stráž
A. Labská
M. Labská
E. Krákorová
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Cooperation
Jaroslav Balzar (fotograf)
Production info
Original Title
Maharadžovo potěšení
Czech Title
Maharadžovo potěšení
English Title
The Maharajah's Pleasure
Parallel Title
Harémy kouzla zbavené
English Parallel Title
Harems Without Magic
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Film state
lost film
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1922
Production Year
1922
Production specifications
date of censorship 21 June 1922 (neschváleno do distribuce)
Premiere
premiere neproběhla
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
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
