Feathered Shadows
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1930Production year
1930Premiere
13 March 1931Runtime
78 minDirector
Leo MartenCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Opeřené stínyCzech title
Opeřené stínyEnglish title
Feathered ShadowsSynopsis
Disillusioned with his marriage which has ended in divorce, Petr Leroy goes off to the Riviera to the place where he first met his wife and where he hopes to be spiritually revived. Here he meets his friend Jan and together they enjoy the joys the Riviera has to offer. Jan meets a charming girl at the casino and he takes her off into the mountains. On his return he speaks of the beautiful Olga with whom he has spent a wonderful three days. Olga, however, does not appear for a meeting they had arranged, so Jan goes to look for her in the mountains. Then he sees her in a village and tries to catch up with her in his car. He has an accident. Olga takes him to the nearest sanatorium where everyone behaves very strangely to the newly-arrived patient. In the meantime, Petr has encountered his ex-wife in the village but on hearing the news of the accident, hurries off to help Jan. In the sanatorium he frees the doctors and nurses imprisoned by the mentally ill patients who are led by a psychiatrist - a victim of his profession. Petr also saves Jan and Olga from destruction just in time. He finds renewed friendship and and discovers that he and his wife are still in love. They go off home together.
Note
The music for the film, written by Eman Fiala, was subsequently added in the Gaumont studios in Paris. The French version of the film l´Etrange fiancée was made byl Georges Pallu and its directors of photography were Karel Kopřiva and Jan Stallich. It starred Lilian Constantini, Henri Baudin, Frédéric Mariotii, Jiří Hron and Jan W. Speerger.
Photos
Cast
Jan W. Speerger
Petr Leroy
Milada Matysová
Petrova žena Milada
Jiří Hron
Petrův přítel Jan
Máňa Ženíšková
Olga
Eduard Šimáček
Petrův sluha a ošetřovatel Josef
Theodor Pištěk
MUDr. Falk
Henri Baudin
MUDr. Gordon
Václav Mlčkovský
ředitel baru
Josef Bělský
krupiér
Karel Schleichert
vrátný v hotelu/pacient v sanatori
Eman Fiala
pacient v sanatoriu
Růžena Hofmanová
pacientka v sanatoriu
Robert Guttmann
pacient v sanatoriu
Eduard Šlégl
pacient v sanatoriu
Ferry Seidl
pacient v sanatoriu
Františka Guthová
pacientka v sanatoriu
Frank Argus
pacient v sanatoriu
Karel Šilhánek
ošetřovatel
Antonín Kubový
ošetřovatel
Viktor Nejedlý
ošetřovatel
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Edgar Allan Poe (Doctor Tarr and Professor Feather – povídka)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Music
Music Composed by
Eman Fiala (ozvučení 1931)
Production info
Original Title
Opeřené stíny
Czech Title
Opeřené stíny
English Title
Feathered Shadows
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1930
Production Year
1930
Production specifications
date of censorship 24 July 1930
Premiere
premiere 13 March 1931 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Praha /1 týden/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
78 min
Original length in metres
2 200 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,33
Colour
tinting, black & white
Sound
silent, sound
Sound system/format
Radio-Cinéma Paris
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
without dialogue
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Intertitles languages
Czech
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
