His Highness's young Laundress
Country
Czechoslovakia, Austria, GermanyCopyright
1930Production year
1930Premiere
5 September 1930Runtime
111 minDirector
Fred SauerCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongFilm state
lost filmOriginal title
Pradlenka jeho JasnostiCzech title
Pradlenka jeho JasnostiEnglish title
His Highness's young LaundressCo-production title
Erzherzog Otto und das Wäschermädel / Wiener HerzenSynopsis
Prince Otto is forced into a marriage with the comtesse Alžběta Vukovičová. Otto, however, intends finding a bride of his own free will. The comtesse herself is left cold by the proposed union. They have never met before. Otto is given some time to reflect and he leaves to go and visit the estate of his adjutant near the Vukovič castle, dressed as an ordinary lieutenant. He meets a girl who introduces herself as laundry girl Bětuška who works for comtesse Alžběta. Otto falls in love with the girl and wants to marry her. He is then called back by telegraph to the castle for he is to meet with count Vukovič and his daughter Alžběta. Otto discovers that Bětuška is, in fact, the comtesse Alžběta and he readily agrees to become her husband. Alžběta tries to run away from the arranged marriage. She is traced down and, during the enagagement ceremony, she realises that her beloved lieutenant and the prince Otto are one and the same person. (According to promotional material issued at the time the film was made.)
Note
According to a written declaration by film producer Robert Zdráhal, submitted on the 31st of May 1930 to the Ministry of Interior of the CSR – which was in control of film censorship – this is a purely Czech production. In Austrian promotional material about the film, however, it is presented as an Austrian-German co-production. The film materials are believed lost.
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Cast
Marta Friedmannová
komtesa Alžběta/pradlenka Bětuška
Werner Fuetterer
princ Otto, v inkognitu jen poručík
Jiří Hron
princův osobní myslivec František
Lilian Ellis
princova snoubenka Liesl
Albert Kersten
dvorní ceremoniář hrabě Prescher
Karl Kneidinger
Ralf Cammée
Emil Guttmann
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Production info
Original Title
Pradlenka jeho Jasnosti
Czech Title
Pradlenka jeho Jasnosti
English Title
His Highness's young Laundress
Co-production Title
Erzherzog Otto und das Wäschermädel / Wiener Herzen
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Film state
lost film
Genre
melodrama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia, Austria, Germany
Copyright
1930
Production Year
1930
Production specifications
date of censorship 22 July 1930
Premiere
premiere 5 September 1930 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Juliš /2 týdny/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
111 min
Original length in metres
3 150 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
