The Seamstress
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1936Production year
1936Premiere
27 November 1936Runtime
86 minDirector
Martin FričCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
ŠvadlenkaCzech title
ŠvadlenkaEnglish title
The SeamstressWorking title
Švadlenky z PrahySynopsis
Talented fashion designer Líza Bártová is training to be a dressmaker in the Yvette salon, Prague, with her friend Tonka. One day she meets a young man who introduces himself as Jan Tomáš Krejčí, whom she takes, because of his last name (meaning "Tailor"), to be a colleague. The Parisian fashion designer Francois Lorrain, visiting Prague, likes Líza's designs and buys them from her at a low price. Lorrain keeps a demanding lover, Mici. Líza becomes close friends with Tomáš and Tonka starts to go out with Lorrain's secretary Alfons. Tomáš happens to find a letter from Lorrain to Líza and in a fit of jealousy leaves her. Lorrain also thinks Tomáš is a taylor. So as not to lose Líza's cheap designs, Mici tells her Tomáš is the father of her (in fact non-existent) child. Líza, disappointed, goes by car to Paris with Lorrain. On the way she notices a car factory which bears the name Jan Tomáš Krejčí. She screeches in surprise and Lorrain crashes. The factory hands and Tomáš run out to help. The misunderstandings are quickly cleared up. Lorrain, who in shock forgets how to speak French, turns out to be a tailor from Vokovice.
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Cast
Lída Baarová
švadlenka Líza Bártová
Theodor Pištěk
hodinář Bárta, Lízin otec
Ludmila Babková
Lízina matka
Hugo Haas
pařížský král módy François Lorraine
Bedřich Veverka
Alfons, Lorrainův sekretář
Adina Mandlová
Mici, Lorrainova milenka
Růžena Šlemrová
majitelka salonu Yvette
Věra Ferbasová
švadlenka Tonka
Václav Trégl
školník Houžvička, otec Tonky
Vladimír Borský
majitel továrny na auta Jan Tomáš
Jaroslav Marvan
profesor učitelského ústavu
Eman Fiala
noční hlídač
Čeněk Šlégl
reportér
Milka Balek-Brodská
příbuzná Lízy
Miloš Šubrt
příbuzný Lízy
Eliška Jílková
příbuzná Lízy
Pavla Stolzová
hostinská
Karel Němec
telegrafní posel
Jan W. Speerger
krejčí Jana Tomáše Krejčího
Darja Hajská
švadlenka s copy
Jožka Šaršeová
švadlenka
Eliška Pleyová
modelka
Julius Baťha
vrátný v hotelu Imperial
Václav Menger
průvodčí v autobusu
Eduard Šimáček
novinář
Rudolf Stahl
novinář
Felix Kühne
novinář
Jiří Hron
novinář
Gina Hašler
šofér
Jindřich Fiala
fotograf
Václav Štrup
listonoš
Alois Dvorský
majitel starého auta
Jan Sinnreich
učitel
Frank Rose-Růžička
automontér
Willy Ströminger
fotograf
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 Julius Kalaš)
Songs
Krásný vzhled je na ten boží svět /Sláva, sláva, vlasti milená/
Singer dívčí sbor
Production info
Original Title
Švadlenka
Czech Title
Švadlenka
English Title
The Seamstress
Working Title
Švadlenky z Prahy
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1936
Production Year
1936
Production specifications
start of filming 24 June 1936
end of filming 9 July 1936
date of censorship 09/1936
withdrawal from distribution 02/1940
date of censorship 02/1940 (neschváleno do distribuce)
Premiere
premiere 27 November 1936 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Adria /2 týdny/ a Juliš /2 týdny/, Praha)
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
86 min
Original length in metres
2 447 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Tobis – Klang
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
