Battalion
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1927Production year
1927Premiere
25 December 1927Runtime
96 minDirector
Přemysl PražskýCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
BatalionCzech title
BatalionEnglish title
BattalionSynopsis
The lawyer Uher comes home to find his wife Zdena in the arms of a lover. Crushed by her infidelity he leaves home and makes for the ill-famed pub Battalion, where he gets to know the regulars : former actor Mušek, dog-thief Bylina, mason Rokos, ex-serviceman Vondra, consuptive Eda, the prostitute Tonka and the seduced young girl Lojzka. Uher becomes the patron of this society of lost souls and he tries to help them. When Eda goes to the opposite pub for some soup, he is accidentally shot during a police raid. Uher is a witness in the trial with the policeman who shot Eda and he challenges the legal system. Olga, daughter of the chief judge asks Uher to become church organist and Uher, who longs in vain for her affection, agrees. He cannot resist alcohol, however, and he is on the decline. He finds himself in hospital for poor people where Olga comes to visit him. Uher becomes delirious and sees in her his unfaithful wife. He forgives Zdena on his deathbed. The company from the Batalion sings their "anthem" above his grave: Everything is gone, is gone...
Note
Collaboration of František Matoušek: see Karel Smrž – Jan Kučera: Bilance filmové sezóny 1927–1928. (The balance of the film season 1927–1928), Host 7, 1927–1928, s. 315.
Photos
Cast
Karel Hašler
advokát a poslanec JUDr. František Uher
Bronislava Livia
advokátova manželka Zdenka
Vladimír Pospíšil-Born
nadporučík, milenec advokátovy ženy
Karel Noll
bývalý voják Vondra
Eman Fiala
souchotinář Eda
Eugen Wiesner
bývalý herec Mušek
Karel Švarc
zloděj psů Bylina
Josef Wanderer
prezident soudu
Nelly Kovalevská
dcera prezidenta soudu Olga
Rudolf Růžička (3)
snoubenec Olgy Alfréd
Vladimír Smíchovský
zedník Rokos
Roza Schlesingerová
manželka zedníka Rokose
Marta Friedmannová
dcera zedníka Rokose Lojzka
Jaro Hykman
Lojzčin milý Frantík Záruba
Jindra Hermanová
lehká holka Tonka
Josef Oliak
obstarožní svůdce Lojzky
Jan Richter
pasák holek
Ladislav Desenský
lékař
Alexander Třebovský
Šťovek
Václav Pecián
strážník
Anči Pírková
kamarádka Tonky
Eduard Malý
pouliční galán
Vojtěch Záhořík
surový opilec
Herma Slavjanská
opilcova žena
Ferry Seidl
profous Fišpanky
Emilie Boková
trhovkyně
Hynek Lažanský
policejní komisař
Marie Tajčová
lehká holka
Terezie Třebovská
výčepní
František Lašek
soudní úředník
František Velebný
zapisovatel u soudu
Frank Argus
zapisovatel u soudu
Fráňa Vodička
zapisovatel u soudu
Anna Švarcová
prodavačka na trhu
Josef Šváb-Malostranský
kněz na pohřbu
Alfred Schlesinger
univerzitní pedel na pohřbu
Karolína Vávrová
drbna
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Josef Hais-Týnecký (Batalion – román), Josef Hais-Týnecký (Batalion – divadelní hra)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Art Director
Film Editor
Cooperation
Fotoatelier Benda (fotograf)
Production info
Original Title
Batalion
Czech Title
Batalion
English Title
Battalion
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1927
Production Year
1927
Production specifications
date of censorship 27 December 1927
date of censorship 09/1935 (konec povolení k promítání 1940)
withdrawal from distribution 1 August 1976
Premiere
premiere 25 December 1927 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Olympic /7 týdnů/, Praha)
renewed premiere 1 August 1963 /unsuitable for youths/ (filmové kluby)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
Julius Schmitt (původní 1927), Ústřední půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1963)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
96 min
Original length in metres
2 723 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
