Black Flame
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1930Production year
1929—1930Premiere
15 May 1931Runtime
92 minDirector
Miroslav J. KrňanskýCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Černý plamenCzech title
Černý plamenEnglish title
Black FlameSynopsis
One day Gypsies arrive in the area and with them comes the beautiful Daniela, whom an old Gypsy woman once had brought to the camp - nobody knew where from. Daniela loves Ondřej, but a deeper love is awoken in her by a chance encounter with Dr. Palm, who has taken to wandering in the woods since the violent death of his beloved. The doctor, too, is quite intrigued by Daniela. Ondřej steals a silver dress for Daniela from the doctor's house but is shot and wounded by a policeman. Daniela, distraught, brings Dr. Palm to Ondřej, but there is nothing he can do and the young lad dies. In Palm's villa Daniela sees that the silver dress once belonged to Palm's late wife. She decides to leave both the doctor and the camp, and departs with the old Gypsy woman. On the way they meet the policeman who recognises the silver dress, takes her for a thief, and leads her back to the doctor. The latter does not condemn Daniela. He has fallen in love with her and wants her to stay with him. She becomes his wife, but no-one ever finds out the secret of her origin. That, the old Gypsy woman takes to her grave.
Note
The film was shot in 1929 as a silent film with a prologue in which Bronislav Livia and Zvonimir Rogoz acted (the prologue was not included in the sound version). The film came out in 1931 with subsequently spoken scenes and music. The sound version is introducted by a film foreword by F. X. Svoboda.
Photos
Cast
Jarmila Lhotová
cikánka Daniela
Jan W. Speerger
MUDr. Jiří Palm
Theodor Pištěk
vůdce cikánů
V. Ch. Vladimírov
cikán Franta
Voloďa Novosilev
cikán Ondřej
Marie Fingerová
Palmova hospodyně Marta
Marie Häusslerová
stoletá cikánka
Václav Rabský
četník
Jindřich Plachta
venkovský krejčí
Václav Pecián
chasník
Fanda Mrázek
chasník
František Černý
chasník
Karolína Vávrová
žena v hostinci
Bronislava Livia
Palmova žena Olga na fotografii a ve vystřiženém prologu
Zvonimir Rogoz
neznámý muž, Olžin dávný nápadník ve vystřiženém prologu
F. X. Svoboda
on sám v prologu
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
F. X. Svoboda (Černý plamen – novela)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Songs
Píseň o lásce /Černý plamen/
Song Composer Vlastislav Antonín Vipler
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Červený
Singer Jarmila Lhotová
Lásko, bože, lásko
Singer Jarmila Lhotová
Kdo má počernou galánku
Singer Jarmila Lhotová
Kdybych byla ptáčkem
Singer Fanda Mrázek
Zahučaly hory zahučaly lesy
Song Composer lidová píseň
Writer of Lyrics lidová píseň
Singer mužský sbor
U panského dvora
Song Composer lidová píseň
Writer of Lyrics František Jaroslav Vacek-Kamenický
Singer mužský sbor
Pod tím naším okénečkem
Singer mužský sbor
Tancuj, tancuj, vykrúcaj
Prijdi ty, šuhajko, ráno k nám
Bodaj by vás, vy mládenci, čerti vzali
Týnom tánom
Vrť sa dievča
Production info
Original Title
Černý plamen
Czech Title
Černý plamen
English Title
Black Flame
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
melodrama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1930
Production Year
1929—1930
Production specifications
date of censorship 03/1931 (kulturně-výchovný)
Premiere
premiere 15 May 1931 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Fénix /1 týden/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
92 min
Original length in metres
2 600 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,19
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Tobis – Klang
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Intertitles languages
Czech
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
