From Poverty to Affluence

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1929

Production year

1929

Runtime

5 min

Category

film

Genre

agitprop

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Film state

lost film

Original title

Z bídy k blahobytu

Czech title

Z bídy k blahobytu

English title

From Poverty to Affluence

Synopsis

"A poor family is living in an old house and is faced with the choice of either paying a much higher rent or being moved out. Because their circumstances cannot allow them to pay the higher rent, they receive notice to quit. Quite by chance they come by a leaflet about a prosperous association ('Volkskraft') in Falknov nad Ohří; they become members which enables them to build their own family house." (Quotation from the censor's certificate.)

Note

The film materials are believed lost.

Cast

Ria Podolská

Crew and creators

Screenplay

Bedřich Fink

Director of Photography

Emil Smolík

Production info

Original Title

Z bídy k blahobytu

Czech Title

Z bídy k blahobytu

English Title

From Poverty to Affluence

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Film state

lost film

Genre

agitprop

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1929

Production Year

1929

Production specifications

date of censorship 5 December 1929

Premiere

premiere 12/1929 /suitable for youths/

Production

AB

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Laboratories

AB

Distribution

Chicago-Film

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

5 min

Original length in metres

140 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