Lightning strikes a cottage owned by Petro Birčak. Petro, hardened by a rigorous life in the mountains, starts straightaway to build a new house with his wife Marijka. A Czech tourist tells the innkeeper Glück that the site on the crossroads which had been destroyed by fire, would be a good place for a pub. Petro, however, refuses to sell the land. He decides to go off into the mountains to collect wood to make some money and he invites the young Danilo to help him with the construction work. The lumberjacks set off for Černá Rika in the mountains at the beginning of spring, taking Birčak with them to assist them in their work. The men work hard in the forest but their boss Herzán cheats them of their pay and provisions. Furthermore, in an act of revenge, he turns them against Rosenthal who refused to offer his daughter in marriage. Left alone, Marijka becomes more intimate with Danilo. Petro's illiterate mother finds someone to write a letter in which she informs her son of his wife's infidelity, but Petro's love for Marijka prevents him from killing her. As the logs get sent down the river, Petro and Danilo find themselves on the same raft together. A scuffle ensues and Danilo is killed. There are no witnesses to this event, however, and so Petro returns home. Glück has meanwhile sold off Petro's land so he starts building a new house with his wife in the mountains.
Marijka Birčaková
dřevorubec Petro Birčak, Marijčin muž
Olena Birčaková, Petrova matka
vorař Danilo Ščerbak, Marijčin milenec
vorař Adam Ščerbak, Danilův bratr
keron Miška Herzán
židovský krčmář Glück z Kolčavy
Esterka, dcera židovského krčmáře Glücka
Šlojm Herskovič, Esterčin ženich
židovský krčmář Rosenthal z Černé Riky
Chava Šafarová, dcera židovského krčmáře Rosenthala
Icko Šafar, zeť židovského krčmáře Rosenthala
hajný
hajnéno žena
Hugo, zástupce dřevařské firmy
turista s fotoaparátem
četník
četník
hlavní vorař
dřevorubec
starší muž
pop
Jiří Weiss (adept režie)
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Orchestr Národního divadla (Music Conducted by František Škvor)
Singer mužský sbor
Marijka nevěrnice
Marijka nevěrnice
Marijka the Unfaithful
film
featuretheatrical distribution
drama
Czechoslovakia
1933
1933
date of censorship 03/1934
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1991
premiere 2 March 1934 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Kotva /3 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 1 September 1965 /unsuitable for youths/
Slavia-film (původní 1934), Ústřední půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1965)
feature film
73 min
2 220 meters
35mm
1:1,19
black & white
sound
Tobis – Klang
Czech
Czech, Slovak, Polish, Rusyn, Yiddish
without subtitles
Czech
Festival: 24. mezinárodní festival archivních a restaurovaných filmů Il Cinema Ritrovato Boloňa
2010
Boloňa / Italy
Národní filmový archiv
Festival: 24. mezinárodní festival archivních a restaurovaných filmů Il Cinema Ritrovato Boloňa
2010
Boloňa / Italy
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