Two Brothers
Category
filmGenre
agitpropTypology
featuretheatrical distributionshortOriginal title
Dva bratřiCzech title
Dva bratřiEnglish title
Two BrothersProtectorate parallel title
Zwei BrüderSynopsis
After their father's death, two brothers go their separate ways in life – one stays on the family farm, the other moves to the city. The young farmer is successful, but his brother soon finds himself bankrupt. After drinking heavily he takes himself off to the farm and carelessly sets fire to it and is burnt to death. The agricultural bank ("Kampelička") lends the ruined farmer money for new farmstead and he goes off to Prague to take part in a cooperative property course. A few years later he becomes the chairman of the agricultural bank "Kampelička". People start coming to put there their savings... The film is concluded with the deserving member Alexandr Cejnar from Česká Třebová is given a diploma and with photographs of the "Kampelička" in various villages.
Photos
Cast
Theodor Pištěk
Jiřík Velický
Eduard Šlégl
lichvář
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Antonín Kratochvíl, Jan Pražák
Director of Photography
Production info
Original Title
Dva bratři
Czech Title
Dva bratři
English Title
Two Brothers
Protectorate Parallel Title
Zwei Brüder
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
agitprop
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1927
Production Year
1927
Production specifications
date of censorship 08/1927
date of censorship 07/1940
Premiere
premiere 08/1927 /suitable for youths/
renewed premiere 07/1940 /suitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
24 min
Original length in metres
580 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
