Prague Seamstresses

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1929

Production year

1929

Premiere

29 November 1929

Runtime

73 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Pražské švadlenky

Czech title

Pražské švadlenky

English title

Prague Seamstresses

Synopsis

The wealthy baker and owner of several houses Barnabáš Bernášek wants to marry off his daughter Běla to playboy Mušoár. He is not interested in the fact that she loves the shy engineer Vláďa Skružný. Mušoár in reality is called Robert Řimbaba and he is particularly fond of spending the money of his aunt Serafína, owner of a fashion salon. He is greatly interested in the seamstress Márinka and cunningly lures her into his flat where he intends to seduce her. Márinka defends herself - her heart belongs to the baker's boy Jeník. She does not know that he is the son of Mr Bernášek and, incognito, is testing the strength of her love. Serafína wants to adopt Márinka. It seems that Márinka is the daughter she bore when she was still unmarried and who was brought up by Mrs Havlová. Mušoár, who has his eyes on the inheritance, tells the cobbler Isidor Kulich that he is Márinka's father. In the end everything is explained and the young couples - Márinka and Jeník and Běla and Vláďa - find a happy end to their story.

Cast

Theodor Pištěk

pekař a majitel domů Barnabáš Bernášek

Máňa Ženíšková

švadlenka Márinka

Karel Lamač

pekařský pomocník Jeník, Bernáškův syn

Marie Kopecká

pekařova dcera Běla

Helena Monczáková

majitelka módního salonu Serafína Škrtilová

Čeněk Šlégl

Robert Řimbaba alias Mušoár, synovec Škrtilové

Jiří Hron

inženýr Vláďa Skružný, stavitelský asistent

Alois Dvorský

švec Isidor Kulich

Saša Dobrovolná

paní Havlová, Márinčina vychovatelka

Darja Hajská

švadlenka Cilka

Crew and creators

Based on

Otto Faster (Pražské švadlenky – fraška)

Director of Photography

Otto Heller, Josef Bulánek

Production Designer

Alois Mecera

Cooperation

Willy Ströminger (fotograf)

Production info

Original Title

Pražské švadlenky

Czech Title

Pražské švadlenky

English Title

Prague Seamstresses

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1929

Production Year

1929

Production specifications

date of censorship 30 October 1929

Premiere

premiere 29 November 1929 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Beránek /2 týdny/, Louvre /2 týdny/ a Světozor /2 týdny/, Praha)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Degl a spol.

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

73 min

Original length in metres

2 080 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