Tarnation!
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1926Production year
1926Premiere
3 September 1926Runtime
77 minDirector
Přemysl PražskýCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongFilm state
lost filmOriginal title
Prach a brokyCzech title
Prach a brokyEnglish title
Tarnation!Synopsis
Director of an estate Šnábl did not like the head forester Mrázek who has discovered his illegal trade with wood, thus he also takes his hatred out on all Mrázek's subordinates. The adjunct Chvojka has fallen in love with Šnábl's daughter. Šnábl will not hear of such a union, despite the tears and pleas of his daughter. The young trainee Bobeš and the elderly adjunct Cvrčala are showering their affections on the chief forester's daughter Lidunka. And baron Oskar, in turn, seeks out the daughter of the wealthy landownder Zvolský for her rich dowry, because he himself is in great debt. "That is how life went on at the Zvolský estate - the drinking and above all the loving." Šnábl, in his attempts to conspire against the head forester, joins up with poachers but, in the end, he only causes Lorinka and Chojka to break up. At the carnival ball, however, the lovers reconcile and Šnábl, under threat that his intrigues will be revealed to his wife, consents for them to be married. (According to promotional material issued at the time the film was made.)
Note
The film materials are believed lost. Working shots are included in the film How films were made in our country (put together by Bohumil Veselý, 1954)
Photos
Cast
Karel Fiala
velkostatkář Zvolský
Theodor Pištěk
ředitel panství Šnábl
Xena Longenová
vdova Šroubková
Václav Srb
hajný Mařánek
Milka Balek-Brodská
Mařánkova žena
Vladimír Borský
lesní adjunkt Chvojka
Jindřich Plachta
lesní adjunkt Cvrčala
Josef Oliak
nadlesní Šavrda
Jarmila Vacková
Šavrdova dcera Lidunka
Jára Kohout
Mrázek
Jaroslava Skorkovská
Zvolského dcera Irena
Vladimír Pospíšil-Born
baron Oskar
Marie Blažková
Šnáblova žena
Máňa Ženíšková
Lorinka, Šnáblova dcera
Betty Kysilková
tanečnice
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Jan Klecanda (Prach a broky – román)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Production info
Original Title
Prach a broky
Czech Title
Prach a broky
English Title
Tarnation!
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Film state
lost film
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1926
Production Year
1926
Premiere
premiere 3 September 1926 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Hvězda a Koruna, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
77 min
Original length in metres
2 200 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
