A Acquaintances from the Street
Country
Czechoslovakia, GermanyCopyright
1928Production year
1928Premiere
11 January 1929Runtime
92 minCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Známosti z uliceCzech title
Známosti z uliceEnglish title
A Acquaintances from the StreetCo-production title
StrassenbekanntschaftenSynopsis
Zdenka, the daughter of the banker Urban, and her friend Máňa, make the acquaintance of the nephew of factory owner, Jaroslav Klement and the workman Vladimír Skála. On Sunday they all go to the amusement park. Máňa is not aware that Jaroslav is a wealthy man while Vladimír knows that Zdenka comes from a rich family and this causes him much concern. A party in the Urban's house is broken up by Zdenka's mother who orders her daughter's friends out of the house. Zdenka admits that she loves Vladimír, but her mother will hear nothing of it. A companion of Mrs. Urban, Ema, is chatting in the bar to a man who claims to be a baron. She ends up at the police station where she is rescued by Máňa's brother Václav. For this service, Václav is rewarded with her favour. Jaroslav is to take over the factory and get married to a suitable wife. The wedding takes place in the simple flat of Máňa's parents. From here Jaroslav takes his guests to his villa. It is only now that he can ask the Urbans for Zdenka's hand in marriage for his friend Vladimír who is now to become his partner.
Note
The film contains rare shots of the amusement park in Prague Eden which is no longer in existence.
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Cast
Theodor Pištěk
komerční rada Urban
Božena Svobodová
Otýlie, rozená hraběnka Krauseminz, Urbanova žena
Kitty Barling
Zdenka, dcera Urbanových
Hilde Maroff
Otýliina společnice Ema
Nino Constantini
Florián Krauseminz, Urbanův synovec
Werner Pittschau
montér Jaroslav Klement, majitel továrny
Václav Žichovský
továrník, Klementův strýc
André Mattoni
montér Vladimír Skála, Jaroslavův přítel
Rosa Monetti
Vladimírova matka Marketa Skálová
Jan Richter
správce Zelenka
Antonie Nedošinská
Zelenkova žena
Máňa Ženíšková
Máňa, Zelenkova dcera, kamarádka Zdenky
Jiří Hron
Václav, Zelenkův syn, Emin nápadník
Hugh Douglas
Alfréd Šnajdr alias baron Freddy
Jindřich Plachta
Urbanův sluha
Filip Balek-Brodský
svatební host
Milka Balek-Brodská
manželka svatebního hosta
Jindřich Lhoták
lékař
Rudolf Stahl
detektiv
Frank Argus
inspektor
Jindřich Edl
vyšetřující komisař
Betty Kysilková
žena na čertově kole v Edenu
Eduard Šlégl
sluha na svatbě
Jarka Pižla
spící muž na komisařství
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Production info
Original Title
Známosti z ulice
Czech Title
Známosti z ulice
English Title
A Acquaintances from the Street
Co-production Title
Strassenbekanntschaften
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
melodrama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia, Germany
Copyright
1928
Production Year
1928
Production specifications
date of censorship 19 December 1928
date of censorship 09/1933 (konec povolení k promítání 1938)
Premiere
premiere 11 January 1929 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Juliš /2 týdny/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
92 min
Original length in metres
2 630 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
