The Accordion
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1937Production year
1937Premiere
16 April 1937Runtime
89 minDirector
Ladislav BromCategory
filmGenre
socialTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
HarmonikaCzech title
HarmonikaEnglish title
The AccordionProtectorate parallel title
HarmonikaSynopsis
Vorlíček and Pač, owners of a coal mine, stop the mining of coal. They have insufficient funds and they believe the coal reserves to be exhausted. Many miners lose their jobs and suffer privations. One of the unemployed miners is Pavelka. His son Pepík, who is an excellent accordionist, keeps his family's head above water. He and his girlfriend Emča play and sing in the courtyards of apartment houses. One day, however, they lose these modest earnings when the old thief Bulín smashes Pepík's accordion. Engineer Soldán, who is a silent partner of the mine owners', believes that there are further deposits of coal in the mine. After futile attempts to obtain the money for the re-starting of extraction, he convinces the miners to take on the work without claims to wages. The miners agree, but they demand at least food for themselves and their families. By accident Pepík succeeds in procuring canned goods that should have been destroyed. He brings them to the mine where during dynamite work he suffers a serious injury. The owners of the mine, who fear that Soldán, on the evidence of certain documents, may reveal their former fraud, try to avert the miners from starting the job. But Soldán and several miners find the first chunk of coal and the mine is saved. Pepík recovers and from the reformed Bulín he receives a new accordion.
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Cast
Jaroslav Vojta
dělník Pavelka
Hermína Vojtová
Pavelkova žena
Ladislav Pešek
Pepík, syn Pavelkových
Věra Petáková
Pepíkova sestra
Theodor Pištěk
stavitel Soldán
Zdeňka Baldová
Soldánova žena
Eva Gerová
Věra, dcera Soldánových
Jiří Koldovský
důlní inženýr Karel, Věřin bratr
Lenka Podhajská
květinářka Emča Hájová
Václav Trégl
Emčin dědeček
Jindřich Plachta
starý zloděj Bořivoj Bulín
Fanda Mrázek
Franta, Bulínův syn
František Kreuzmann
Ferdl, Frantův kumpán
Raoul Schránil
ředitel baru Müller
Adina Mandlová
Elsa, Müllerova přítelkyně
Ferenc Futurista
podnikatel Vorlíček
Jaroslav Marvan
podnikatel Pač
František Filipovský
Soldánův přítel
Ladislav Hemmer
finančník
Ota Motyčka
kasař
Siola Zelenka
kasař
Betty Kysilková
Bulínova sousedka
Alois Peterka
řidič nákladního vozu
Bedřich Vrbský
policejní komisař
Alois Dvorský
vetešník
Vladimír Hlavatý
mluvčí dělníků
Josef Kotalík
skladník
Jindřich Láznička
bankovní sluha u Pače a Vorlíčka
Richard Záhorský
nosič reklam
Břetislav Hrstka
majitel továrny na konzervy
František Černý
agent s konzervami
F. X. Mlejnek
šofér nákladního auta
Emanuel Kovařík
dělník
Fráňa Vajner
dělník
Frank Rose-Růžička
dělník
Vladimír Smíchovský
dělník
Jaroslav Sadílek
dělník
Jaroslav Tryzna
dělník
Arnošt Mirský
dělník
Dušan Gerši
dělník
Marie Špičková
chodkyně
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
Antonín Frič (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Pražský symfonický orchestr (Music Conducted by Josef Dobeš)
Songs
Harmonika (tango)
Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics Ladislav Brom
Singer Lenka PodhajskáLadislav Pešek
Máminy oči (valčík)
Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics Ladislav Brom
Singer Ladislav Pešekdětský sbor
Pochod mládí (pochod)
Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics Ladislav Brom
Singer sbor
Milovala jsem jednoho zloděje /Milovala jsem/ (valčík)
Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics Ladislav Brom
Singer Betty KysilkováLenka Podhajská
Production info
Original Title
Harmonika
Czech Title
Harmonika
English Title
The Accordion
Protectorate Parallel Title
Harmonika
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
social
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1937
Production Year
1937
Production specifications
start of filming 20 February 1937
end of filming 5 March 1937
date of censorship 04/1937
date of censorship 12/1939
date of censorship 26 March 1943 (konec povolení k promítání 30. 6. 1943)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
date of censorship 26 September 1945 (neschváleno do distribuce)
Premiere
premiere 16 April 1937 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Fénix /1 týden/ a Hollywood /2 týdny/, Praha)
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
89 min
Original length in metres
2 543 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
Awards
Vítěz
Event: Odměny ministra průmyslu, obchodu a živností
1937
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Vítěz
Event: Státní záruky Československé vlády na výrobu filmů
1937
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Reiter-film
Vítěz
Event: Soutěž Filmového studia na původní filmové drama
1936
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Jan Libora
