Parnasie
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1925Production year
1925Premiere
18 December 1925Runtime
91 minDirector
Josef KokeislCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
ParnasieCzech title
ParnasieEnglish title
ParnasieParallel title
Děvče ze ŠumavySynopsis
Three friends, natural scientist Suk, Hanuš Marten and Dr Toman make the acquaintance of a village girl. Hanuš likens her to the "parnasie" flower - the grass of Parnassus - which he gives to the girl. He abandons his betrothed, Luisa Osecká, marries Parnasie and takes her to his estate at White Stag. Hanuš, as his mother had prophesied before her death, is inconstant and he begins to court Luisa once more who comes to visit them. The young woman does not know anything at first but when her husband talks about Luisa in his drunkenness, she realises the situation and, in her anger, gives birth prematurely. The child dies. Luisa rejects Hanus and becomes engaged to Dr Toman. Parnasie leaves her husband and tells him he must come for her after a year has passed if he wants her. If he does not, she will kill herself by jumping off the rocks. Hanuš Marten - after talking with Luisa and Dr Toman - wants to go back to his wife, however, her portrait falls on him from the wall and he is killed. When Parnasie hears this news from Suk, she throws herself off the rocks. Suk, the natural scientist, loved her in secret all along and he takes flowers to her grave.
Note
The film was presented once more in 1930 by the Ringlerfilm company with the title The Girl from the Šumava Mountains.
Photos
Cast
Jiří Sedláček
Hanuš Merten
Marie Fingerová
Hanušova matka Angela
František Havel
Zuzančin otec horal František Beneš
Milada Jadranská-Hrabánková
Zuzanka zvaná Parnasie, Hanušova žena
Suzanne Marwille
Luisa Osecká, Hanušova bývalá snoubenka
J. O. Ralk
přírodovědec profesor Suk
Joe Jenčík
dr. Toman
Mario Karas
rada Tůma
Ella Voldánová
Helena, radova žena a Hanušova sestra
Ella Hrabánková
Helenina dcera
Saša Dobrovolná
stará chůva Markyta
Josef Šváb-Malostranský
starý komorník Jan
František Malý
listonoš
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Alois Vojtěch Šmilovský (Parnasie – román)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Production info
Original Title
Parnasie
Czech Title
Parnasie
English Title
Parnasie
Parallel Title
Děvče ze Šumavy
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
melodrama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1925
Production Year
1925
Premiere
preview 10 September 1925 (kino Orient, Praha)
premiere 18 December 1925 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Orient, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Josef Kokeisl (původní 1925), Ringlerfilm (obnovená 1930)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
91 min
Original length in metres
2 600 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
