Hunted People
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1932Production year
1932—1933Premiere
17 February 1933Runtime
83 minCategory
filmGenre
drama, psychologicalTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Štvaní lidéCzech title
Štvaní lidéEnglish title
Hunted PeopleParallel title
Zatykač Z – 48Synopsis
Cabinet-maker Vincenc, who has an eight-year-old son from his first wife, has decided after many years to get married again. On the wedding day it comes to light, however, that he is an escaped convict, sentenced to life for a murder he allegedly committed. The crime is pardonable twenty years after the event according to the statute of limitations; and in Vincenc's case that time is only a few hours away. The cabinet-maker flees with his son to hide until his conviction expires. He shaves off his beard and dresses his son up as a girl but the police remain nevertheless hard on his trail. They enter an amusement park hoping to get lost in the crowd, but a shot is suddenly fired and panic breaks out. The owner of a theatre booth shelters them in her caravan. But the police track them down. The owner of the caravan turns out to be Vincenc's former lover, and it was she who committed the crime Vincenc was imprisoned for. The woman is moved to confess, and Vincenc and his son are able to return home.
Note
An incomplete version of the film has been preserved. The Marseilles exteriors were shot without sound (with Josef Rovenský, Jan Fehér and Magda Sonja). The synchronisation and spoken Czech scenes were done in AB Studios, Vinohrady, in the winter of 1932.
Photos
Cast
Josef Rovenský
truhlářský mistr Vincenc Olivier, dříve Léon Bernier
Jan Feher-Weiss
Boubou, Olivierův syn
O. Mašínská
Louisa, Olivierova nevěsta
Magda Sonja /ž/
bývalá Olivierova milenka alias žena bez spodní části těla v panoptiku
Jan Sviták
truhlářský tovaryš Amandée
Theodor Pištěk
majitel panoptika
Karel Němec
vetešník
Jan W. Speerger
policejní ředitel v Marseille
Ferdinand Hart
žena s plnovousem v panoptiku
Saša Razov
detektiv
Otto Zahrádka
policejní komisař v Marseille
Václav Pecián
policejní komisař v Longville
Josef Novák
starosta v Longville, otec Louisy
Milada Gampeová
matka Louisy
Anna Švarcová
pokladní v panoptiku
Václav Menger
dozorce ve věznici Bagno
František Černý
svatební host
Karel Schleichert
svatební host
Josef Kytka
svatební host
Bohdan Lachman
svatební host
Antonín Jirsa
svatební host
Marie Häusslerová
svatební host
Věra Skalská
svatební host
Viktor Nejedlý
svatební host
Jindřich Fiala
svatební host
Filip Balek-Brodský
svatební host
Dubbing
Jaroslav Marvan
hlas čtoucí policejní hlášení/hlas čtoucí úvodní titulek
Jan Sviták
hlas čtoucí policejní hlášení
Bedřich Vrbský
hlas čtoucí policejní hlášení/hlas žebráka ve snu
Crew and creators
Director
Friedrich Feher, Jan Sviták (česky mluvené scény, synchronizace a české interiéry)
Based on
Alfred Machard (Černý muž /Der Schwarze Mann/ – román)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Songs
Žena s půlí těla
Song Composer Walter UlfigFriedrich Fehér
Singer Magda Sonja /ž/
Production info
Original Title
Štvaní lidé
Czech Title
Štvaní lidé
English Title
Hunted People
Parallel Title
Zatykač Z – 48
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama, psychological
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1932
Production Year
1932—1933
Production specifications
date of censorship 02/1933
date of censorship 09/1938 (konec povolení k promítání 1943)
Premiere
premiere 17 February 1933 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Adria /1 týden/ a Hvězda /1 týden/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
83 min
Original length in metres
2 360 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
