Polish Blood [German version]

Country

Czechoslovakia, Germany

Copyright

1934

Production year

1934

Runtime

86 min

Director

Karel Lamač, S. A. Furtner (německá dialogová režie)

Category

film

Genre

music, comedy, operetta

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Polská krev [německá verze]

Czech title

Polská krev [německá verze]

English title

Polish Blood [German version]

Co-production title

Polenblut

Synopsis

Although heavily in debt, count Bolko Baranský leads a carefree life on his estate while distrainers have taken all his furniture and animals. Bolko and his potty but wealthy friend Popiel go to the races. There Popiel's eye is charmed by Wanda Kwasinská who is accompanied by her mother Jadwiga. Baranský wins a bet and the landowner Zaremba tries to engineer a meeting between him and his daughter Helena but Baranský declines. Hurt by this behaviour, Helena decides to pay him back. The following summer Bolko goes off to see Wanda perform in a ballet in Warsaw and Helena applies for a job on his estate incognito as a housekeeper and prepares a ceremonial homecoming for Bolko. Within a short while the two of them have become friends. Into this emerging idyll come Wanda and her mother. Bolko offends Helena in front of them and she runs off home. Wanda's mother is horrified by his apparent poverty and tries to persuade her daughter to choose Popiel instead. Zaremba finally manages to introduce his daughter Helena to Bolko at a harvest festival. Bolko is surprised to discover that Helena is his former housekeeper and he realises that he now loves her.

Note

KDN-A, DNZ-A, KK-A are preserved in the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, Berlin.

Cast

Anny Ondráková

Helena Zarembová

Hans Moser

velkostatkář Jan Zaremba, otec Heleny

Ivan Petrovich

hrabě Bolko Baransky

Margarete Kupfer

Jadwiga Kwasińska, majitelka taneční školy

Hilde Hildebrand

Wanda, dcera Kwasińské

Rudolf Carl

Bronio von Popiel

Paul Rehkopf

správce statku Dymscha

Karl Platen

sluha Constanty

František Černý

Bolkův přítel

Čeněk Šlégl

Bolkův přítel

Bonda Szynglarski

Bolkův přítel

Jan Richter

exekutor

Jaroslav Bráška

host v Jockey klubu

Jan W. Speerger

host v Jockey klubu

Lilian Berga

tanečnice v černém trikotu

Josef Oliak

Zarembův soused

Františka Mordová

děvečka Marinja

Mario Karas

divák na dostizích

Alfred Baštýř

divák na dostizích

Věra Ferbasová

divačka na dostizích

Marie Oliaková

divačka na dostizích

Viktor Socha

číšník

Václav Pata

číšník

Vladimír Smíchovský

host na dožínkách

Karel Schleichert

venkovan na dožínkách

Karolína Vávrová

venkovanka na dožínkách

Sylvie Havránková

děvečka u Zaremby

Alfred Frey

Helmut Heyne

Franz Marner

R. Heide

Crew and creators

Director

Karel Lamač, S. A. Furtner (německá dialogová režie)

Based on

Oskar Nedbal (Polská krev – opereta), Leo Stein (Polská krev – opereta)

Screenplay

Peter Ort

Director of Photography

Otto Heller, Otto Martini

Production Designer

Štěpán Kopecký, Bohumil Heš

Art Director

A. L. Salač (interiéry)

Set Designer

Arnold Reimann

Film Editor

Ella Ensink

Sound Designer

Josef Zora, Ella Ensink

Production Manager

Robert Leistenschneider

Cooperation

Willy Ströminger (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Oskar Nedbal, Jára Beneš (úprava)

Writer of Lyrics

Charlie Amberg

Singer

Anny Ondráková [dab], Ivan Petrovich, Rudolf Carl, sbor

Production info

Original Title

Polská krev [německá verze]

Czech Title

Polská krev [německá verze]

English Title

Polish Blood [German version]

Co-production Title

Polenblut

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

music, comedy, operetta

Origin country

Czechoslovakia, Germany

Copyright

1934

Production Year

1934

Production specifications

start of filming 28 July 1934 (ateliéry)
end of filming 19 August 1934 (ateliéry)
date of censorship 01/1935
withdrawal from distribution 12/1939

Premiere

premiere abroad 6 November 1934 (Berlín, Německo)
premiere 01/1935 /unsuitable for youths/

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Wolframfilm

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

86 min

Original length in metres

2 445 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,19

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Tobis – Klang

Versions

German

Dialogue languages

German

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

German