Fateful Nights
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1928Production year
1928Premiere
3 May 1929Runtime
83 minDirector
Josef Medeotti-BoháčCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongFilm state
lost filmOriginal title
Osudné nociCzech title
Osudné nociEnglish title
Fateful NightsSynopsis
An attic room becomes a revue stage. From a match-girl a star is born. Another girl, who worked in a brothel, becomes the wife of a millionaire. These are the fates which unfold in a colourful drama. Hear what Gina Biani says of these three fateful nights which changed her whole life: "I lived a miserable existence with a drunken man who sold me to a house of ill-fame, I became the wife of a millionaire who left me. I excelled on the stage which means the whole world to me, so that I would then be struck by the bullit of a scoundrel from whose clutches I was wrenched. Now I am the happiest woman in the world." (According to promotional material issued at the time the film was made.)
Note
The film materials are believed lost.
Photos
Cast
Jan W. Speerger
majitel veřejného domu Plant
Josef Rovenský
opilec Ferrari
Kitty Barling
opilcova svěřenka Gina
Božena Svobodová
paní Steplerová
Theodor Pištěk
komerční rada, návštěvník salónu
Jan S. Kolár
policejní komisař
Walter Slezak
kapelník Bellini
Hugh Douglas
Hertha von Walther
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Walter Hauff (Vražda primadony – román)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Production info
Original Title
Osudné noci
Czech Title
Osudné noci
English Title
Fateful Nights
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Film state
lost film
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1928
Production Year
1928
Premiere
premiere 3 May 1929 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Radio /1 týden/ a Světozor /1 týden/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
83 min
Original length in metres
2 350 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
