Father Vojtěch
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1936Production year
1936Premiere
18 December 1936Runtime
97 minDirector
Martin FričCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Páter VojtěchCzech title
Páter VojtěchEnglish title
Father VojtěchProtectorate parallel title
Pater AdalbertSynopsis
The last wish of the miller Dvorecký's dying wife was that their son Karel assume responsibility of the family business and that his brother Vojtěch become a priest. Vojtěch is loathe to fulfil his mother's wish, although he goes off to a seminary, despite his ardent love for a girl called Frantina. The money Karel inherits from his mother is squandered away and, in an act of drunkenness, he injures his friend Jozífek. In the belief that he has left Jozífek for dead, he flees home. He buys false documents from a tramp, kills him in a fight and escapes punishment by crossing the border. After some time Frantina accepts an offer from the widowed miller Dvorecký and becomes his wife. Before he is ordained, Vojtěch visits his home and with the money left to him by his mother he has a house built for Jozífek whose injuries have left him dull-witted. He is still in love with Frantina; she, too, vainly tries to quell her feelings for Vojtěch. Karel has meanwhile returned home but is arrested and imprisoned. He escapes during the night and in the mill he overhears Vojtěch and Frantina speaking about their unfulfilled love for one another. When Karel is about to inform his father that they have betrayed him, the crazed Jozífek appears and shoots him. Vojtěch returns to his monastery. After some time he hears that Frantina has given birth to a son - the future heir to the mill.
Note
This theme had already been treated in a Czech film under the same title (1928; directed by Martin Frič).
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Cast
Rolf Wanka
páter Vojtěch Dvorecký
L. H. Struna
Karel, Vojtěchův bratr
Jaroslav Marvan
mlynář Dvorecký, otec Vojtěcha a Karla
Jiřina Štěpničková
Frantina
Jiří Vondrovič
Jozífek Klabzuba
Ella Nollová
Jozífkova matka
Theodor Pištěk
stárek Petr
Josef Příhoda
krajánek Mikuška
Václav Trégl
obecní policajt Mařánek
František Smolík
rektor semináře
Rudolf Deyl st.
světící biskup
František Kreuzmann
tulák Václav Novotný
Alois Dvorský
starosta
František Hlavatý
farář Janů
Milada Gampeová
hospodyně u faráře Pepička
Alois Peterka
seminarista
František Milič
seminarista
Bohdan Lachman
kněz
Karel Šilhánek
kněz
Jožka Görlich
kněz
Alfred Baštýř
kněz
Viktor Nejedlý
klíčník v semináři
Josef Kotalík
policejní lékař
Antonín Hodr
lékař
Fráňa Vajner
hospodský
Dagmar Appelová
sirotek Anička
František Říha
krejčí
Václav Menger
host v hospodě
Jindřich Adolf
vyšetřující komisař
Frank Rose-Růžička
četník
Ferdinand Kohout
venkovan
Eduard Šimáček
ředitel věznice
Vladimír Smíchovský
strážmistr
Jan Sviták
lékař v misii
Jan W. Speerger
důstojník v cizinecké legii
Michel Elaguine
důstojník v cizinecké legii
Antonín Jirsa
seržant v cizinecké legii
Jiří Hron
odmítnutý tanečník
Karolína Vávrová
stařenka v kostele
Zubr
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Jan Klecanda (Páter Vojtěch – román)
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 Eman Fiala)
Production info
Original Title
Páter Vojtěch
Czech Title
Páter Vojtěch
English Title
Father Vojtěch
Protectorate Parallel Title
Pater Adalbert
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1936
Production Year
1936
Production specifications
start of filming 3 October 1936
end of filming 15 October 1936
date of censorship 12/1936
date of censorship 04/1940
withdrawal from distribution 1942
Premiere
premiere 18 December 1936 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Metro /3 týdny/, Praha)
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
97 min
Original length in metres
2 750 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
