Virginity
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1937Production year
1937Premiere
4 November 1937Runtime
82 minDirector
Otakar VávraCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
PanenstvíCzech title
PanenstvíEnglish title
VirginityProtectorate parallel title
JungfernschaftSynopsis
Hana Poláčková finds herself in the streets alone and with no means of survival. Her step-father had begun to succumb to her charms and her mother takes her revenge by throwing her out of the house. The girl is fortunate, however, and finds a job in a cafeteria where she works her way up from kitchen help to cashier. Sales assistants Lili and Mary warn her about the undesired attentions of the cafeteria owner Josef Nevostrý and regular customer Rudolf Res, a commercial director. The men, well past their prime, are known for their weakness for innocent girls. Hana, however, thinks only of her boyfriend, the composer Pavel Jimeš. He is plagued by a serious illness which can only be treated in a sanatorium in the Tatra mountains. With no money to fund his treatment, Hana has to make a painful decision. All she has is her innocence and for this the director is quite willing to pay. Despite her resolve to sacrifice herself, Hana's disgust proves the stronger. To make up for her failure, Hana accepts an offer of marriage from Nevostrý and rushes to Pavel with the necessary money, even though it is her wedding day. It is too late: the young man has died and there is nothing for it but to return to her husband.
Note
Otakar Vávra took over the role of the director after the death of Josef Rovenský, practically rewriting the original screenplay by A. J. Urban and František Čáp and hiring a new cast. The film was presented at the 6th Venice Film Festival, 1938.
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Cast
Lída Baarová
Hana Poláčková
Jaroslava Skorkovská
majitelka koloniálu, Hanina matka
František Kreuzmann
Hanin otčím
Ladislav Boháč
skladatel Pavel Jimeš
Zdeněk Štěpánek
Josef Nevostrý, majitel automatu
Adina Mandlová
Lili, prodavačka v automatu
Božena Šustrová
Mary, prodavačka v automatu
Jaroslav Průcha
komerční rada Rudolf Res
Vítězslav Boček
básník Hejtmánek
Bedřich Veverka
MUDr. Mikula, asistent v nemocnici
Otto Ballon
malíř Karel Pálený
Anna Steimarová
stará zpěvačka v šantánu
Marie Ježková
Barča, myčka nádobí v automatu
Ella Nollová
Kučerová, Jimešova bytná
Gina Hašler
flamendr
Jan W. Speerger
mlékař
Milada Smolíková
zákaznice v koloniálu
Milka Balek-Brodská
majitelka zprostředkovatelny práce
Jarmila Bechyňová
Tereza, prodavačka, později myčka nádobí v automatu
František Filipovský
Jenda, číšník v automatu
Sylvie Havránková
pomocnice v kuchyni automatu
Jan Bondy
zákazník v automatu
Fráňa Vajner
zákazník v automatu
Karolína Vávrová
zákaznice v automatu
Marie Grossová
švadlena
Alois Dvorský
tančící host v šantánu
Václav Menger
spící host v šantánu
René Kubínský
klavírista v šantánu
Elsa Vetešníková
animírka
Marie Popelková
animírka
Marie Holanová
domovnice u rady Rese
Eliška Pleyová
sestra v nemocnici
Neff
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Marie Majerová (Panenství – 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 Roman Blahník)
Songs
Proč se mi to někdy zdá (slowfox)
Song Composer Roman Blahník
Writer of Lyrics Antonín Čejka
Singer Anna Steimarová
Vím, vrátíš se... (waltz)
Song Composer Roman Blahník
Locations
bez exteriérů
Production info
Original Title
Panenství
Czech Title
Panenství
English Title
Virginity
Protectorate Parallel Title
Jungfernschaft
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1937
Production Year
1937
Production specifications
start of filming 2 October 1937
end of filming 19 October 1937
date of censorship 11/1937
date of censorship 17 May 1940
date of censorship 1943 (predikáty „uznáníhodný film“ a „film pro Den hrdinů“)
date of censorship 16 February 1945 (predikáty „uznáníhodný film“ a „film pro Den hrdinů“ /16mm verze/)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
projection approval 25 November 1957
withdrawal from distribution 30 June 1990
Premiere
premiere 4 November 1937 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Lucerna /2 týdny/ a Passage /2 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 02/1945 /unsuitable for youths/ (16mm verze)
renewed premiere 24 January 1958 /unsuitable for youths/
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
AB (původní 1937), ČMÚ (obnovená 1945 /16mm verze/), Ústřední půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1958)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
82 min
Original length in metres
2 340 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 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
Awards
Vítěz
Festival: 20. mezinárodní filmový festival Benátky
1959
Benátky / Italy
Český filmový ústav
Vítěz
Event: Odměny ministra průmyslu, obchodu a živností
1939
Praha / Czechoslovakia
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