The Dog-Heads
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1931Production year
1931Premiere
18 September 1931Runtime
102 minDirector
Svatopluk InnemannCategory
filmGenre
drama, historicalTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
PsohlavciCzech title
PsohlavciEnglish title
The Dog-HeadsSynopsis
The Chods who had guarded the Šumava border for as long as anyone could remember, were free people, answerable only to their king. After the Battle of Bílá hora, their land was sold to the imperial councillor Laminger who refused to recognise their rights. The Chods resist the statutory labour enforced upon them. The level-headed Jan Sladký, known as Kozina, urges his fellow-citizens to speak out for their rights at the Viennese court. Laminger's administrator uses violence to gain possession of the Chods' documents and he destroys them. The Viennese court rejects their cause. Kozina's mother, however, has hidden the two most important charters and a deputation led by Kozina sets out for Prague with them. The corrupt judge has the charters destroyed and since the Chods refuse to swear an oath of allegiance to the ruler, he has three of them, Kozina, Hrubý and Ecl, arrested. Back home, the Chods take part in a rebellion; some are shot and Kozina is sentenced to death. On the scaffold he challenges Laminger to face him on Judgement Day - exactly a year to the day. One year later Laminger is in the company of friends at a banquet but, during a ceremonial toast, he has a stroke and dies.
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Cast
Bedřich Karen
Jan Sladký Kozina z Oujezda
Marie Grossová
Hančí Sladká, Kozinova žena
Radola Renský
Kozinův syn Pavlík
Leopolda Dostalová
Kozinova matka
Theodor Pištěk
Wolf Maxmilian Lamingen z Albenreuthu zvaný Lomikar/říšský dvorní rada Wolf Vilém Lamingen z Albenreuthu, Lamingenův otec
Božena Svobodová
Kateřina, Lamingerova žena
I. Pustinská
Lamingerova dcera Marie
Alexander Třebovský
Kryštof Hrubý, rychtář z Draženova
Josef Rovenský
rychtář Adam Ecl, řečený Čtverák, z Klenčí
Eman Fiala
dudák Jiskra Řehůřek
Josef Novák
Jiří Syka, rychtář z Oujezda
Josef Loskot
Matěj Přibek
Truda Grosslichtová
Manka, Přibkova dcera
Karel Schleichert
Přibkův otec
Ladislav Desenský
Němec z Medákova
Otto Zahrádka
Jakub Brychta z Postřekova
Václav Menger
Psůtka z Postřekova
Ada Karlovský
Jiří Peč z Chodova
Jan W. Speerger
rytmistr hrabě z Vrtby
Jan Sviták
správce Koš
Karel Jičínský
Václav Vojtěch, hrabě ze Šternberka
Rudolf Kadlec
hejtman plzeňského kraje Hora
Jaroslav Marvan
plukovník hrabě Stampach
Jan Marek
domažlický měšťan Matěj Just
Josef Graas
Šerlovský z Pocínovic
Ferry Mandaus
mladý Šerlovský
A. Šnobl
Pajdár z Pocínovic
Luigi Hofman
dvorský písař
Emil Dlesk
Lamingerův pochop
Saša Razov
dráb
Ferdinand Jarkovský
písař ze zámku
Čeněk Šlégl
hlasatel rozsudku
Josef Oliak
advokát
Václav Žichovský
likvidátor u soudu
Vladimír Slavínský
vězeňský kněz
František Mádl
soudní biřic
Jan Richter
žalářník
Milka Balek-Brodská
host u Lamingera
Marie Oliaková
host u Lamingera
Jarmila Svatá
host u Lamingera
Anna Švarcová
host u Lamingera
Bohdan Lachman
vězeňský duchovní
Marie Grosslichtová
selka
Darja Hajská
selka
Marie Holanová
selka
Viktor Nejedlý
lokaj
Vladimír Beztahovský
chlapec s kočkou
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Alois Jirásek (Psohlavci – román)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Costume Designer
Costumes
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Consultant
JUC. C. J. Sladký (kroje)
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Pěvecký sbor Ipos (Music Conducted by Bořivoj Fromm)
Songs
Zelení hájové
Singer ženský sbor
Hajej, dítě, kolíbám tě /Hajej, dítě/ (ukolébavka)
Song Composer Erno Košťál
Writer of Lyrics Václav Wasserman
Singer Marie Grossová
Hlavy vzhůru /Ať zhyne panský karabáč, Píseň rebelů, Rebelská píseň/
Song Composer Erno Košťál
Writer of Lyrics Václav Wasserman
Singer Pěvecký sbor Ipos
Masopustní průvod voraček (polka)
Song Composer Erno Košťál
Production info
Original Title
Psohlavci
Czech Title
Psohlavci
English Title
The Dog-Heads
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama, historical
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1931
Production Year
1931
Production specifications
date of censorship 08/1931 (kulturně-výchovný)
date of censorship 5 May 1937 (kulturně-výchovný)
withdrawal from distribution 1 June 1940
date of censorship 06/1940 (neschváleno do distribuce)
date of censorship 11/1945 (neschváleno do distribuce)
Premiere
premiere 18 September 1931 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Alfa /4 týdny/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
102 min
Original length in metres
2 910 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
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
