For Love
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1928Production year
1928Premiere
22 February 1929Runtime
95 minDirector
Vladimír SlavínskýCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Z láskyCzech title
Z láskyEnglish title
For LoveSynopsis
Ella Horská, a secretary who was abandoned by her lover, engineer Karel Rubeš, gives birth to a daughter, Květa. Year later Ella lives humbly as a seamstress; the wealthy Karel had married in the meantime but, after the death of his sons and his wife, he is now alone. Květa has now become a successful school pupil. Her professor recommends her to the factory owner Frank as a secretary. In Prague Květa makes the acquaintance of the factory owner's nephew, the handsome Oskar whose courtship she must reject. The factory owner's son Viktor, a racing driver, soon wins her affections. When Oskar names Květa as his lover in front of Viktor, the latter begins avoiding her. The unhappy Květa, whose mother needs money for spa treatment, finally accepts an offer of marriage from Viktor's father. Květa and Ella, staying at the spa, are visited first by Frank and then by Karel who is still the cause of Ella's anger. News then reaches them at the spa that Viktor has been injured while practising for a race. Everyone returns to Prague. Karel and Ella make up and Frank consents for Viktor to marry Květa.
Note
A sound version of the film was made in 1933 with the music of Erno Košťál. In the National Film Archive Prague a sound copy print 2 100,0 metres is also preserved.
Photos
Cast
Marie Grossová
komptoiristka Ella Horská
Máňa Ženíšková
Ellina dcera Květa
Jan W. Speerger
Ing. Karel Rubeš, Květin otec
Theodor Pištěk
továrník Robert Frank
Fred Bulín
Frankův syn Viktor
Arnošt Kunz
Frankův synovec Oskar Neumann
Marta Májová
Oskarova matka
Antonie Nedošinská
Květina bytná Lukešová
Antonín Vaverka
ředitel gymnázia
Ella Nollová
vrátná v továrně
Milka Balek-Brodská
sousedka
Eduard Malý
portýr v hotelu
Karel Kander
strážník
Alois Charvát
lékař
Václav Žichovský
lékař u továrníka Franka
Eduard Šlégl
komorník továrníka Franka
Jindřich Fiala
sluha seladona Oskara
Jiří Sedláček
zpěvák v baru
Josef Oliak
host v baru
Karel Veselý
host v baru
Bruno Sojka
spolujezdec na vítězném voze Viktora
Jindra Štěpánek
dítě
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Marie Kyzlinková (Z lásky – román)
Screenplay
Vladimír Slavínský, Miroslav Cikán (ozvučení 1933)
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Erno Košťál (ozvučení 1933)
Songs
Ty víš, komu mé srdce zpívá (ozvučení 1933)
Song Composer Erno Košťál /ozvučení 1933/
Writer of Lyrics František Voborský /ozvučení 1933/
Singer Jindřich Láznička /ozvučení 1933/
Mateřská láska (ozvučení 1933)
Song Composer Erno Košťál /ozvučení 1933/
Writer of Lyrics František Voborský /ozvučení 1933/
Singer Jindřich Láznička /ozvučení 1933/
Production info
Original Title
Z lásky
Czech Title
Z lásky
English Title
For Love
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
melodrama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1928
Production Year
1928
Production specifications
date of censorship 15 October 1928
date of censorship 07/1933 (ozvučená verze)
date of censorship 12/1933 (konec povolení k promítání 1938)
withdrawal from distribution 01/1940
date of censorship 01/1940 (neschváleno do distribuce)
Premiere
premiere 22 February 1929 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Avion, Kapitol a Passage, Praha)
renewed premiere 15 June 1934 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Skaut /1 týden/, Praha /ozvučená verze/)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Gloriafilm (původní 1929 a obnovená 1934)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
95 min
Original length in metres
2 700 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,33, 1:1,19
Colour
black & white
Sound
silent, sound
Sound system/format
Union-Vox
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
without dialogue
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Intertitles languages
Czech
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
