The Seventh Power
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1933Production year
1933Premiere
17 November 1933Runtime
86 minDirector
Přemysl PražskýCategory
filmGenre
drama, spyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Sedmá velmocCzech title
Sedmá velmocEnglish title
The Seventh PowerSynopsis
Three young men - Hronek, Dolan and Horský - take over ownership of the daily newspaper Independence. In the advertising column Dolan notices a peculiar notice. He eventually decodes it and discovers there is going to be a meeting of spies at the Czech-German border. The young men set off for the appointed place and find a murdered girl there. A reporter called Helena from a rival newspaper joins in the investigation, as does the German commissar Sander. Sander suspects a certain Pavel Král of the murder. He persuades Helena to lure Král over the German border. Dolan finds out in the meantime, however, that Sander is a spy, and he manages to save Král in the nick of time. Král, whose real name is Rydvan, has got information on weapons stockpiles in Germany for Czechoslovak intelligence. He has hidden the information in skies. Sander finds out where the information is hidden, takes the documents and swallows them. Fortunately Rydvan remembers the location of the stockpiles. The head of Czechoslovak intelligence wants to give orders for the destruction of the stockpiles but finally realises this would lead to war and abandons his plan.
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Cast
Lída Baarová
reportérka Helena Radová zvaná D'Artagnan
Vladimír Havlíček
reportér Bedřich Hronek zvaný Aramis
Antonín Novotný
reportér Rudolf Dolan zvaný Porthos
Josef Gruss
reportér Jan Horský zvaný Athos
Zvonimir Rogoz
komisař Sander
Václav Vydra st.
šéf české kontrašpionáže
Mirko Eliáš
Pavel Rydvan alias Pavel Král
František Lašek
Josef Rydvan, Pavlův otec
Jaroslav Bráška
zakladatel listu Neodvislost
Jan W. Speerger
strážmistr pohraniční stráže
Joža Jauris
JUDr. Kroutský, notář
Luigi Hofman
smuteční host
Josef Oliak
smuteční host
Marie Oliaková
smuteční host
Beda Saxl
reportér
Josef Waltner
továrník Hraboš
Jan Richter
krčmář
Mario Karas
Rudi, host v horském hotelu
Václav Pecián
kapitán pohraniční stráže
F. X. Mlejnek
policista
Josef Příhoda
podomek
Ladislav Paul
komisař
Václav Pata
číšník
pes Rek
vlčák
Dubbing
Přemysl Pražský
hlas Sanderova agenta
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Set Designer
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Pěvecký sbor Ipos (Music Conducted by Bořivoj Fromm)
Songs
Teď mlč a seď
Song Composer Miloš Smatek
Writer of Lyrics Saša Razov
Singer Josef Gruss
V bílých horách (foxtrot)
Song Composer Miloš Smatek
Writer of Lyrics Saša Razov
Singer Antonín Novotný
Hora je vysoká
Song Composer Miloš Smatek
Writer of Lyrics Saša Razov
Singer Pěvecký sbor Ipos
Ach, pánové
Song Composer Miloš Smatek
Writer of Lyrics Saša Razov
Singer Lída BaarováJosef GrussVladimír HavlíčekAntonín Novotný
Buď sbohem, Paříži (pochod)
Song Composer Miloš Smatek
Production info
Original Title
Sedmá velmoc
Czech Title
Sedmá velmoc
English Title
The Seventh Power
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama, spy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1933
Production Year
1933
Production specifications
date of censorship 10/1933
withdrawal from distribution 03/1939
Premiere
premiere 17 November 1933 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Fénix /2 týdny/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
86 min
Original length in metres
2 447 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,19
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Tobis – Klang
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech, German
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
