The Hackney Driver's Song
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1936Production year
1936Premiere
30 April 1937Runtime
93 minDirector
Hubert MarischkaCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Píseň drožkářeCzech title
Píseň drožkářeEnglish title
The Hackney Driver's SongParallel title
Wiener Fiakerlied [německý distribuční název v Československu] / Liebe im Dreivierteltakt [německý distribuční název v Rakousku] / Liebe im Dreivierteltakt [německý distribuční název v Německu]Protectorate parallel title
Wiener FiakerliedWorking title
Poslední drožkář / Poslední fiakr / Poslední píseň drožkářeSynopsis
Leopold Weinzierl does not recognise technical progress and finds himself the last hackney driver in Vienna. He does not make much money and the mortgage payments on his little house which he has to make to the innkeeper Schöberl are becoming a burden to him. Schöberl, however, wants to marry Weinzierl's daughter Franci. One day the engineer Lobmeyer comes to see the hackney driver and offers to buy the house off him as he wants to expand his factory. Weinzierl hesitates at first but then he agrees to the sale and goes off to sign the contract. The hackney driver finds a party in progress at the engineer's villa and Franci is among the guests. Her father is furious to find her there, he refuses to sign the contract and takes his daughter home. He forces her to marry Schöberl so that his little house is saved. When Franci declines, Schöberl decides to take revenge by putting up the house for auction, thereby forcing Franci to marry him. The house, however, is bought by Lobmeyer. When Weinzierl convinces himself that the two young people are in love, he consents to their marriage. His greatest joy is being able to drive the young couple to their wedding in his hackney cab.
Note
The film, produced at Barrandov, whose capital share was ensured by the Czech producer, was only made in its German version. In regions with a primarily German-speaking population it was screened under the title Wiener Fiakerlied, in Germany it was shown as Liebe im Dreivierteltakt.
Photos
Cast
Leo Slezak
drožkář Leopold Weinzirl
Annie Rosar /ž/
Resi, Leopoldova žena
Lizzi Holzschuh /ž/
prodavačka Franzi, dcera Weinzierl
Hans Holt
inženýr Erich von Lobmayer
Hans Götz
vinař Ferdl Schöberl
Rudolf Carl
sluha a šofér Stierböck
Ida Rossi /ž/
radová Lobmeyerová, Erichova nevlastní matka
Viktor Socha
číšník ve vinárně
Josef Dekoj
pekař
Josef Kobík
holič
Josef Dobeš
dirigent kapely
Emil Dlesk
číšník v Grinzingu
Jiří Hron
číšník v Grinzingu
Antonín Jirsa
hostinský v Grinzingu
Filip Balek-Brodský
dražitel
F. X. Mlejnek
dražitel
Vladimír Smíchovský
dražitel
František Malý
dražitel
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Set Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Dol Dauber)
Songs
Wenn das Pferd kein Heu mehr hat /Píseň fiakristy/ (foxtrot)
Song Composer Robert Stolz
Writer of Lyrics Hans Honer
Singer Leo Slezak
Mach' Musik, Schatz! /Píseň při víně/ (foxtrot)
Song Composer Robert Stolz
Writer of Lyrics Hans Honer
Singer Leo Slezak
Production info
Original Title
Píseň drožkáře
Czech Title
Píseň drožkáře
English Title
The Hackney Driver's Song
Parallel Title
Wiener Fiakerlied [německý distribuční název v Československu] / Liebe im Dreivierteltakt [německý distribuční název v Rakousku] / Liebe im Dreivierteltakt [německý distribuční název v Německu]
Protectorate Parallel Title
Wiener Fiakerlied
Working Title
Poslední drožkář / Poslední fiakr / Poslední píseň drožkáře
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1936
Production Year
1936
Production specifications
start of filming 18 October 1936
end of filming 6 November 1936
date of censorship 12/1936
date of censorship 02/1940
withdrawal from distribution 02/1945
Premiere
premiere abroad 4 March 1937 (Berlín, Německo)
premiere 30 April 1937 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Alfa /2 týdny/, Praha)
premiere abroad 12 November 1937 (Vídeň, Rakousko)
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
93 min
Original length in metres
2 640 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Tobis – Klang
Versions
German
Dialogue languages
German
Subtitles languages
Czech
Opening/End credits languages
German
