The Sins of Youth
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1935Production year
1934—1935Premiere
14 February 1936Runtime
89 minDirector
Aleš PodhorskýCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Hřích mládíCzech title
Hřích mládíEnglish title
The Sins of YouthParallel title
Studenti na prázdnináchWorking title
Hříchy mládíSynopsis
College student Karel Hlubina invites his friend Dochvilný and four fellow students to his father's mill. Karel's sister Lída attracted Dochvilný, but the girl is in love with the self-confident chief of a road construction site. Dochvilný is jealous. He even spies on Lída and discovers that she has spent the night with this man. Even Karel hears about it when in the morning he finds the humiliated and weeping Dochvilný on the stairs to the house. After several days Lída realizes that she has become only further quarry for the thoughtless and superficial dolt. In desperation she wants to drown herself, but Dochvilný finds her and takes her home. In the company of the young people and the attentive Dochvilný, Lída refinds her lost mental equilibrium. At a fairground dance Dochvilný knocks the aggressive seducer to the ground and the whole group of young and contented people, including Lída, return to the mill.
Note
The première outside Prague was held already on the 20th of November 1935 in Brno.
Photos
Cast
Valentin Šindler
mlynář Hlubina
Hana Vítová
Lída, Hlubinova dcera
Vladimír Leraus
Karel, Hlubinův syn
Otto Ballon
Ing. Dochvilný, Karlův přítel
Viktor Ostrý
inženýr
Marie Pavlíková
učitelka Věra, Karlova přítelkyně
Deyl Rudolf ml.
student Smíšek
Konstantin Mátl
student Tichý
Jožka Stoklasa
student Plecitý
Arnošt Bartošák
student Pivoňka
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Ivan Jelínek
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Orchestr Národního divadla v Brně (Music Conducted by Antonín Balatka)
Songs
Když padá na zahradu hvězdný prach (serenáda)
Song Composer Antonín Balatka
Writer of Lyrics Ivan Jelínek
Singer Viktor Ostrý
Můj milý má mne rád
Song Composer Antonín Balatka
Writer of Lyrics Ivan Jelínek
Singer Hana Vítová
Táhnem' do kraje jako tažní ptáci
Song Composer Antonín Balatka
Writer of Lyrics Antonín Jelínek
Singer sbor
Trháme lístky z kalendáře
Song Composer Antonín Balatka
Writer of Lyrics Ivan Jelínek
Singer sbor
Production info
Original Title
Hřích mládí
Czech Title
Hřích mládí
English Title
The Sins of Youth
Parallel Title
Studenti na prázdninách
Working Title
Hříchy mládí
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
melodrama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1935
Production Year
1934—1935
Production specifications
start of filming 24 December 1934 (ateliéry)
end of filming 28 December 1934 (ateliéry)
date of censorship 11/1935
withdrawal from distribution 03/1940
date of censorship 03/1940 (neschváleno do distribuce)
Premiere
gala premiere 20 November 1935 (kino Dopz, Brno)
premiere 14 February 1936 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Kotva /1 týden/, Praha)
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
89 min
Original length in metres
2 525 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
Awards
Vítěz
Event: Diplom sekce filmových půjčoven a výroben při obchodním grémiu v Brně
1936
Brno / Czechoslovakia
Josef Bůžek
