Her Prince
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1927Production year
1927Premiere
9 March 1928Runtime
73 minDirector
V. Ch. VladimírovCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Její princCzech title
Její princEnglish title
Her PrinceParallel title
SirotekEnglish parallel title
The OrphanSynopsis
Jiřina, a factory clerk, refuses the amorous advances of her friend Pavel since they are both too poor to start a family. Jiřina tells Pavel that he would be better off courting her hard-working sister Marie. Jiřina, however, cannot endure the burden of poverty and she leaves for the city while Pavel transfers his affections to Marie. After years Jiřina works as a secretary to Jičínský, the factory owner. During this time, Maria has given Pavel a daughter. Marie, however, is struck by an insidious disease and Pavel is wounded at work in the factory. Jičínský asks Jiřina to marry him and offers her all his worldly belongings. Jiřina does not know that her sister has died. After Marie's death, Pavel lives with his little daughter and his father-in-law. They are very poor, however, and Pavel has to give up his daughter into the care of the malicious neighbour and put his father-in-law into a poorhouse. Then he goes out into the world to try to find some happiness. When Pavel returns with the wealth he has acquired, he marries Jiřina who in the meantime became a widow.
Note
Facts about the film were confirmed during a consultation with Ada Pellová-Czivišová and her family at the Film Archive on the January 27th, 1978. The print kept at the Film Archive, however, does not contain autenthic shots from the theatre Říše loutek (Puppet Empire). (J. S. Kolár – M. Frída: Československý němý film 1989–1930 / J. S. Kolár – M. Frída: Czechoslovak silent film 1989–1930). In the year 2011 the film was reconstructed by National Film Archive.
Photos
Cast
Antonín Marek
dědeček
Ada Pellová-Czivišová
vnučka Marie/vnučka Jiřina
Milli Czivišová
Mariina dcera Hanička
V. Ch. Vladimírov
dělník Pavel Horský
Theodor Pištěk
továrník Jičínský
Václav Žichovský
notář u továrníka Jičínského
A. Arazím
stařec z chudobince
Marie Menginová
hospodyně
Josef Miller
lékař
Fridrichová
sousedka
Špitálská
panímáma
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Production info
Original Title
Její princ
Czech Title
Její princ
English Title
Her Prince
Parallel Title
Sirotek
English Parallel Title
The Orphan
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
melodrama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1927
Production Year
1927
Production specifications
date of censorship 12 January 1927
date of censorship 09/1927
date of censorship 09/1935 (konec povolení k promítání 1940)
Premiere
preview 15 September 1927 (kino Orient, Praha)
premiere 9 March 1928 /suitable for youths/ (kino Konvikt, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
73 min
Original length in metres
2 080 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,33
Colour
tinting, black & white
Sound
silent
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
without dialogue
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Intertitles languages
Czech
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
