Prisoner Petr Gremin often sings his sorrowful songs to his fellow inmates in which he tells his unhappy fate. He has also received the news that his wife has died. After his release from prison his neighbour hands him back his daughter Martička. Petr has no work and he lives with the child in penury. Petr's former inmate Basil is once again organising a robbery with his gang and he selects the industrialist Kroll as the victim. Petr cannot feed Martička so he takes her to Kroll's villa, leaves her outside and watches them take her in. By chance, Petr gets the chance to sing in a restaurant where the cabaret director, Adler, has heard him perform and offers him an engagement. Petr meets Helena, Kroll's housekeeper and he tells her his life story. Years before he had fallen in love with Kroll's daughter and, despite Kroll's resistance, he married her. One day Basil got him involved in a scam and Petr was put in prison. Basil, in the meantime, is preparing to rob Kroll's villa and make it look as if Helena was responsible for the crime. The little Martička reveals the real robber in court and Kroll forgives Petr.
Petr Gremin
dobrodruh Basil
Basilova žena
Robert Kroll
Jiřina, žena Roberta Krolla
průmyslník Kroll, Robertův strýc
Martička, Greminova dcera
Helena Jerynová
Jiřinina matka
sluha v Krollově vile
předseda senátu
Lev N. Urvancov
Písně vězněného
Písně vězněného
The Songs of the Imprisoned
Pro cizí vinu
Those Who Serve for Another's Guilt
film
featuretheatrical distribution
melodrama
Czechoslovakia
1926
1926
date of censorship 20 December 1926
premiere 1 July 1927 (kino Lido bio, Praha)
feature film
82 min
2 344 meters
35mm
1:1,33
black & white
silent
Czech
without dialogue
without subtitles
Czech
Czech