An elderly widower, the miller Vávra, has taken a fancy to Maryša Lízalová. The Lízals are keen to wed their daughter to the wealthy miller. Maryša, however, will not hear of the marriage. She loves a small holder's son Francek. She also knows that Vávra is a coarse and insensitive man and is rumoured to have caused the death of his first wife. He also treats the maid Rozára unkindly with whom he has a child out of wedlock. Even the priest warns Lízal of the unequal match. Francek is taken off to the army and Maryša is left on her own. The Lízals continue to urge their daughter to marry Vávra and, when a neighbour later tells her that Francek has long since been seeing another girl, she gives way and marries Vávra. She accepts his three children as her own and tries to exist in a loveless marriage. When Francek returns from the army, Maryša's life is turned upside down. Francek, Lízal and Vávra meet in the pub and start a fight. Francek goes to see Maryša in the mill and the miller is determined to shoot him. The desperate woman puts poison in her husband's coffee. After his death she is led away to prison.
The costumes used in the film were lent by the inhabitants of Vlčnov, in particular Mr F. Zemek, a former postmaster. The film was presented at the 4th Venice Film Festival, 1936. Two colours print KK-N 95,7 m, DNO-A, DNZ-A are preserved in the National Film Archive.
Maryša Lízalová
Lízal, Maryšin otec
Lízalka, Maryšina matka
mlynář Filip Vávra
Francek Horák
M. Horáková zvaná Horačka, Franckova matka
Rozára, služka ve mlýně
Maryšina babička
farář
obecní strážník Hrdlička
hostinský, Franckův poručník
Strouhalka
četník
starosta
stárek
sousedka peroucí prádlo
starší sousedka peroucí prádlo
mladší sousedka peroucí prádlo
host v hostinci
host v hostinci
kapela
Alois Mrštík (Maryša – divadelní hra), Vilém Mrštík (Maryša – divadelní hra)
Ladislav Rutte (národopis), Tonča Mitáčková (národopis), F. Zemek (kroje)
František Illek (fotograf), Alexandr Paul (fotograf), Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Pražský symfonický orchestr (Music Conducted by Josef DobešJiří Fiala)
Singer Bajo trio
Singer Bajo trio
Singer Marie Glázrová
Singer sbor
Singer mužský sbor
Maryša
Maryša
Maryša
Maryscha
film
featuretheatrical distribution
drama
Czechoslovakia
1935
1935
start of filming 6 August 1935 (ateliéry)
end of filming 21 August 1935 (ateliéry)
date of censorship 10/1935
date of censorship 26 July 1940 (kulturně-výchovný)
date of censorship 15 June 1942 (kulturně-výchovný; konec povolení k promítání 31. 12. 1943)
date of censorship 1943 (predikáty „uznáníhodný film“ a „film pro Den hrdinů“)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
date of censorship 30 May 1945 (konec povolení k promítání 28. 5. 1946)
date of censorship 20 May 1946 (konec povolení k promítání 31. 5. 1947)
withdrawal from distribution 30 June 1990
premiere 29 November 1935 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Fénix /2 týdny/ a Lucerna /2 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 13 July 1945 /suitable for youths/
Monopol (původní 1935), Státní půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1945)
feature film
90 min
2 558 meters
35mm
1:1,19
colour, black & white
sound
Tobis – Klang
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech
Event: Čestné diplomy časopisu Filmové listy
1936
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Jiřina Štěpničková
Festival: 4. mezinárodní filmový festival Benátky
1936
Benátky / Italy
Event: Stuhy časopisu Český filmový zpravodaj
1936
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Monopol
Event: Ceny Filmového poradního sboru
1935
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Monopol
Event: Zlaté štíty časopisu Filmová politika
1935
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Jiřina Štěpničková
Event: Ceny Filmového poradního sboru
1935
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Jiřina Štěpničková
Event: Zlaté štíty časopisu Filmová politika
1935
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Karel Waldmann
Event: Ceny Filmového poradního sboru
1935
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Josef Rovenský
Event: Zlaté štíty časopisu Filmová politika
1935
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Josef Rovenský