Eight Hearts in the Flames
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1926Production year
1926Premiere
13 May 1927Runtime
68 minDirector
Ferry SeidlCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Osm srdcí v plamenechCzech title
Osm srdcí v plamenechEnglish title
Eight Hearts in the FlamesParallel title
Zlaté časy / Zlaté časyEnglish parallel title
The Golden EraSynopsis
Krista, the daughter of landowner Bartoš, and his ward Heda, are extremely mischievous. They play tricks mostly on their tutor. The valet, who was supposed to announce Bartoš's return from his travels, gets drunk so the latter arrives home to find everything in disarray. Bartoš tells Krista that lieutenant Hugo Petrovický has asked for her hand in marriage. Bartoš is accompanied by the councillor's wife Pelegrinová and her daughter Melanie who the takes a fancy to tutor . The priest and Hugo's uncle arrive at the estate to celebrate Krista and Hugo's wedding. The tutor writes Melanie a letter. Krista and Heda secretly add a few words to the letter. The eve before the wedding Hugo and Krista promise fidelity to each other since Hugo must leave immediately after the wedding to go off for a year's travelling with his uncle. (According to the part of the film which has survived.)
Note
Only part of the film has survived.
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Cast
Hugo Heinz Fischer
statkář Jiří Bartoš
Marie Polanová
Bartošova dcera Krista
Nora Ferry
Bartošova dcera Heda
Bohumil Lamač
domácí učitel
Běla Horská
radová Pelegrinová
Jarmila Švabíková
Melanie, dcera Pelegrinové
Čeněk Šlégl
majorátní pán Dobeš Petrovický
Karel Heindl
Dobešův synovec poručík Hugo Petrovický
Jaromír Cikánek
Dobešův tajemník
Josefina Brandová
hospodyně Regina
Ferry Seidl
komorník Erazim
Břetislav Heinc
lokaj
Josef Waltner
farář
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Production info
Original Title
Osm srdcí v plamenech
Czech Title
Osm srdcí v plamenech
English Title
Eight Hearts in the Flames
Parallel Title
Zlaté časy / Zlaté časy
English Parallel Title
The Golden Era
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1926
Production Year
1926
Production specifications
date of censorship 16 May 1927
Premiere
premiere 13 May 1927 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Lucerna, Praha)
Production
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Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
68 min
Original length in metres
1 940 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
