Mrs. Katynka from the Egg Market
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1927Production year
1927Premiere
6 December 1929Runtime
68 minDirector
Václav KubásekCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Paní Katynka z vaječného trhuCzech title
Paní Katynka z vaječného trhuEnglish title
Mrs. Katynka from the Egg MarketSynopsis
Stall-holder Katynka befriends another stall-holder Nanynka and their children, Emil and Helenka, are to marry. Emil, however, loves the gentle Klara, and Lojzik the onion-grower, however, has eyes only for Helenka. Katynka argues with Nanynka since Emil does not want to marry Helenka. Emil leaves home, marries Klarka and moves with her to Brno. He gets a job in an office but is troubled by the fact that he has not finished his studies. Klara writes to her mother-in-law after a time to try and make amends. Katynka comes to see her son, apologises to Klara and invites the whole family to Prague, including the orphaned Floriska who has been taken in by Klara. In the autumn Emil takes his final exams. Katynka and Nanynka make up. Floriska finds a friend at the marketplace in Iskariot, also an orphan. When Katynka dies they take over her stall together.
Note
Working shots are included in the film How films were made in our country (put together by Bohumil Veselý, 1954)
Photos
Cast
Antonie Nedošinská
trhovkyně paní Katynka
Jarmila Horáková
sirotek Floriška
Petr Dolan
sirotek Iškariot
Betty Kysilková
trhovkyně paní Nanynka
Antonín Marek
kupec Ignác Malý
Saša Dobrovolná
Dobrušová
Anita Janová
švadlena Klárka, dcera Dobrušové
Miloš Vávra
Katynčin syn Emil
Věra Hlavatá
Nanynčina dcera Helena
Joe Jenčík
cibulář Lojzík
Milka Balek-Brodská
zákaznice
Marie Veselá
trhovkyně
Vladimír Smíchovský
otčím Florišky
Theodor Pištěk
písař
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Popelka Biliánová (Paní Katynka z Vaječného trhu – román)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Production info
Original Title
Paní Katynka z vaječného trhu
Czech Title
Paní Katynka z vaječného trhu
English Title
Mrs. Katynka from the Egg Market
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
melodrama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1927
Production Year
1927
Production specifications
date of censorship 5 March 1927
Premiere
premiere 6 December 1929 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Olympic /3 týdny/, Praha)
gala premiere 13 December 1929 (kino Olympic, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
68 min
Original length in metres
1 926 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
