In Slovakia's Tatra mountains, an unspoilt wilderness, lives the ironsmith Pavel with his son Janko and the orphan Anuška who are very fond of each other and seem destined for each other. Janko spends the whole summer pasturing his flock high up in the mountains. During this time Anuška is forced to fend off the importunate Jura. Janko cannot live in peace either: he discovers before his cabin an elegant lady, Soňa Varenová, who is exhausted by life in the big city and has come to the mountains to recuperate. Young Janko is spellbound by her and he becomes her guide, which is soon a matter of gossip down in the village. At a traditional summer festivity Janko meets Anuška but pays no attention to her, having eyes only for Soňa. His father Pavel berates him for this, and the young man defiantly returns to the mountains. Pavel then asks Soňa not to lure Janko away from Anuška and she agrees, even though she loves him too. The young man hurries to the village to find Anuška to ask her forgiveness but finds she has gone into the mountains. He goes up after her. As a symbol of their reconciliation the two lovers light a large fire.
The film was issued in Czech and German versions. The film was presented at the 3rd Venice Film Festival, 1935.
kovář Pavel
Janko, Pavlův syn
kovářova schovanka Anuška
Soňa Varenová
sedlák Jura
děvečka u Jury Zuzka
venkovan
hospodský
kartářka
sedlák
sedlák
taneční orchestr
A. L. Salač (interiéry)
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics Pavel Ludikar
Singer Pavel Ludikar
Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav MottlKarel Melíšek
Singer Markéta Krausová
Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics Pavel Ludikar
Singer Pavel Ludikar
Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics Pavel Ludikar
Singer Arno Velecký
Singer Ingriš-babies
Singer Jiřina Štěpničková
Tatranská romance
Tatranská romance
Romance from the Tatra Mountains
Píseň domova / Tatra-Romanz / Das Lied der Heimat
Romance z Tater
film
featuretheatrical distribution
melodrama
Czechoslovakia
1934
1934
start of filming 16 October 1934 (ateliéry)
end of filming 25 October 1934 (ateliéry)
date of censorship 12/1934
date of censorship 01/1935 (německy namluvená jazyková mutace)
withdrawal from distribution 04/1940
date of censorship 04/1940 (neschváleno do distribuce)
gala premiere 30 November 1934 (kino Lucerna, Praha)
premiere 01/1935 /suitable for youths/ (německy namluvená jazyková mutace)
premiere 4 January 1935 /suitable for youths/ (kina Kotva /2 týdny/ a Lucerna /2 týdny/, Praha)
feature film
95 min
2 700 meters
35mm
1:1,19
black & white
sound
Tobis – Klang
Czech, German
Czech, German, Slovak
without subtitles
Czech, German
Festival: 3. mezinárodní filmový festival Benátky
1935
Benátky / Italy