The Sin of the Past
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1929Production year
1929Premiere
7 February 1930Runtime
112 minDirector
Miroslav J. KrňanskýCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Starý hříchCzech title
Starý hříchEnglish title
The Sin of the PastRerelease title
Starý hřích – kalich hořkosti [uvedení 1933]English parallel title
The Sin of the Past – the Cup of BitternessSynopsis
In the village of Modlínov lives the well respected and loved miller Dolanský. He has led a contented life until the feared rough-neck Vavřík returns home from the army. He asks for work at the mill. The miller doesn't want to give him a job. The angry Vavřík threatens to tell the court the circumstances of the miller's wife's death. He claims that the miller threw his wife off the first floor of the stable. Dolanský is not entirely sure what happened that fateful day and he allows himself to be blackmailed by Vavřík. Vavřík loses his money in cards. When he comes to ask for the hand in marriage of the miller's daughter Eva, the miller decides to go to the courts to tell the truth himself in order to save his child. The court doesn't believe his testimony and Vavřík is summoned. The latter is subsequently wounded by guards and dies. Before he dies he confesses to his love Tonička that he had invented the story about the miller and Tonička testifies in court. The miller is relieved of his sin of the past and life gradually returns to normal.
Note
The film was presented once more in its sound version in 1933, set to the music of Dalibor C. Vačkář, under the title The Sin of the Past – the Cup of bitterness.
Photos
Cast
Josef Rovenský
mlynář Dolanský
Melita Jelenská
mlynářova dcera Eva
Jarmila Lhotová
Tonička Pelikánová
Karel Jičínský
vyděrač Vavřík Světák
Roza Schlesingerová
Vavříkova matka žebračka
Otto Zahrádka
Bartoloměj Pelikán, Toniččin otec
Karel Lamač
Karel Horyna
Bohumil Kovář
mlynář Horyna, Karlův otec
Marie Fingerová
mlynářka Horynová
Antonín Frič
stárek Lukáš
Václav Pecián
selský synek František Vodenka
Filip Balek-Brodský
šenkýř
Václav Žichovský
okresní soudce
Robert Ford
strážmistr
Jindřich Fiala
soudní sluha
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Jan Klecanda (Starý hřích – román)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Cooperation
Jan Roth (vrchní osvětlovač), Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Dalibor C. Vačkář (ozvučení 1933)
Songs
Mlynářská (polka; ozvučení 1933)
Song Composer Dalibor C. Vačkář /ozvučení 1933/
Writer of Lyrics Otakar Hanuš /ozvučení 1933/
Singer Vinohradské pěvecké kvarteto /ozvučení 1933/
Na poli v koukolí (ozvučení 1933)
Song Composer Dalibor C. Vačkář /ozvučení 1933/
Writer of Lyrics Otakar Hanuš /ozvučení 1933/
Singer Vinohradské pěvecké kvarteto /ozvučení 1933/
Production info
Original Title
Starý hřích
Czech Title
Starý hřích
English Title
The Sin of the Past
Rerelease Title
Starý hřích – kalich hořkosti [uvedení 1933]
English Parallel Title
The Sin of the Past – the Cup of Bitterness
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1929
Production Year
1929
Production specifications
date of censorship 30 October 1929
date of censorship 03/1933 (ozvučená verze)
date of censorship 06/1935 (konec povolení k promítání 1940)
Premiere
premiere 7 February 1930 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Národ /2 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 6 October 1933 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Alma /1 týden/, Praha /ozvučená verze/)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Jan Kyzour (původní 1930 a obnovená 1933)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
112 min
Original length in metres
3 200 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,33, 1:1,19
Colour
tinting, black & white
Sound
silent, sound
Sound system/format
Union Electric
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech, without dialogue
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Intertitles languages
Czech
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
