The House of Lost Hapiness
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1927Production year
1927Premiere
3 February 1928Runtime
95 minDirector
Josef RovenskýCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Dům ztraceného štěstíCzech title
Dům ztraceného štěstíEnglish title
The House of Lost HapinessSynopsis
Ludmila Tarantová accused by her maid Francina of the murder of her husband and unjustly condemned to twenty years imprisonment is praying in a prison chapel. Ludmila is released after fifteen years and she goes back to her village. Under a different name she starts to work as a housekeeper for the brother of her dead husband who is bringing up her children - Eliška and Blažej. No one recognises Ludmila after such a long time and Blažej behaves badly towards the new "housekeeper". The dying servant Francina confesses to forging a deceitful testimony against Ludmila and the village priest tells Tarant, that his housekeeper was his brother's wife. Eliška and Blažej are glad that they have found their mother and Tarant soon asks Ludmila to be his wife.
Note
At the beginning of the first reel is a symbolic image of Man – the Law.
Photos
Cast
Suzanne Marwille
Ludmila Tarantová
Jan W. Speerger
lesník Karel Tarant, Ludmilin muž/Blažej Tarant, Ludmilin syn
Josef Rovenský
J. Tarant, Karlův bratr
Ella Nollová
služka Francina, Karlova milenka
Joe Jenčík
adjunkt Mejzlík
Karel Fiala
farář
Karel Noll
dědeček Cibiš
Vladimír Smíchovský
četník
Anita Janová
Eliška Tarantová, Ludmilina dcera
Martin Frič
poručík Vrtěl, Eliščin nápadník
Věra Hlavatá
Tonička
Jiří Hron
Jiří, Toniččin ženich
Ada Velický
dráb
Robert Ford
prokurátor
Karel Schleichert
předseda soudu
Josef Oliak
porotce
Jindřich Edl
obhájce
Václav Žichovský
obhájce
Karel Veselý
obhájce
Josef Kobík
četník
Rudolf Stahl
četník
Jindra Štěpánek
dítě
Roza Schlesingerová
divačka u soudu
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Bohumil Zahradník-Brodský (Dům ztraceného štěstí – román)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Set Designer
Make-Up Artist
Cooperation
Jan Roth (vrchní osvětlovač), Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Production info
Original Title
Dům ztraceného štěstí
Czech Title
Dům ztraceného štěstí
English Title
The House of Lost Hapiness
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1927
Production Year
1927
Premiere
gala premiere 20 December 1927 (kino Radio, Praha)
premiere 3 February 1928 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Avion, Radio a Světozor, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
95 min
Original length in metres
2 700 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
