The Girl from the Tobacco Factory

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1928

Production year

1928

Premiere

11 January 1929

Runtime

94 min

Category

film

Genre

melodrama

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Děvče z tabákové továrny

Czech title

Děvče z tabákové továrny

English title

The Girl from the Tobacco Factory

Synopsis

Knife-grinder Rabas and his wife behave to their ward Eva as if she were a servant. They send her to work in a tobacco factory where all the other girls hate her for her diligence. Furthermore, Mrs. Rabas wants to give her to the fairy swings owner Tomy. In despair, Eva puts a plea for help into a box of cigars. This plea is read by two brothers from the estate of Vysoká - Anatol Roden and his brother Pavel. They decide to go to see the girl, Anatol is to play the role of her admirer and Pavel is his secretary. Eva has lost her job in the meantime and when she comes across Pavel by chance, she goes off with him to Vysoká. She falls in love with Pavel and her feelings are returned. Eva feels a certain obligation to Anatol but when she overhears a conversation between the two, she realises that they are brothers, that they deceived her and she decides to punish them. She continues to urge Anatol to marry her so that the brothers have to tell her the truth. Eva then forgives them and confesses her love for Pavel.

Cast

Marie Černá

sirotek Eva

Filip Balek-Brodský

Evin pěstoun, brusič Matěj Rabas

Milka Balek-Brodská

Rabasova žena

Eduard Kohout

Anatol Roden, pán na Vysoké

Pavel Trojan

Anatolův bratr Pavel

Joe Jenčík

houpačkář Tomy

Adolf Nettl

komorník

Jan Richter

starosta obce

Helena Montanelli

Anatolova snoubenka Lili

Marie Polanová

společnice na panství Vysoká

Crew and creators

Based on

Otomar Schäfer (Děvče z tabákové továrny – román)

Director of Photography

Jaroslav Fischer

Production Designer

Vilém Rittershain

Cooperation

Willy Ströminger (fotograf)

Production info

Original Title

Děvče z tabákové továrny

Czech Title

Děvče z tabákové továrny

English Title

The Girl from the Tobacco Factory

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

melodrama

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1928

Production Year

1928

Production specifications

date of censorship 9 August 1928
date of censorship 03/1935 (konec povolení k promítání 1940)

Premiere

preview 12 September 1928 (kino Orient, Praha)
premiere 11 January 1929 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Lido bio /1 týden/, Praha)

Production

Poja Film

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Karel Votruba

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

94 min

Original length in metres

2 680 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