Lawyer Věra
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1937Production year
1937Premiere
30 April 1937Runtime
82 minDirector
Martin FričCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Advokátka VěraCzech title
Advokátka VěraEnglish title
Lawyer VěraSummary
The year of 1937 brought the penultimate onscreen curtain call for one of the most popular films stars of the First Republic era, namely Truda Grosslichtová. Subsequently, her background as a half-Jew made her a target for the Nazi occupiers of Czechoslovakia, and so voluntary retirement beckoned. Advokátka Věra (Lawyer Věra) is directed by Martin Frič and sees Grosslichtová portraying a freshman lawyer, who has one year to prove the viability and profitability of her new law firm to her father (Theodor Pištěk). Failing that, Věra will have to marry a man selected by her father. Fortunately, Věra undertakes a successful court defence of Petr Kučera, nicknamed “Tiger”, and falls in love with him to boot. Though the depictions of the women in the film are old-fashioned from a contemporary point of view, Oldřich Nový tempers this somewhat with a sensitive performance as Věra’s love interest.
Synopsis
Věra Donátová has finished her law studies and wants to found her own law firm. She is financially dependent, however, on her family. Her emancipated mother supports her endeavors but her father provides her the money with the condition that if her practice does not succeed within a year she will marry Consul Raboch's son. Věra has no clients. Her first case is assigned to her ex officio. Věra visits her client, Petr Kučera, known as Tiger, in his prison cell, and against his will she obtains his release. In an attempt to reform him she offers him a position as a butler in her office. Tiger invites her to the pub to acquaint her with the mentality of the underworld. Věra likes his sovereign behavior. The year deadline passes and father Donát throws a banquet. He wants Věra to choose from several invited suitors. Věra ridicules all the suitors, including Consul Raboch's son. Her father triumphs when he introduces to Věra the eldest son of Consul Raboch, the elegant gentleman Tiger. It is revealed that Věra's first, and for the meantime only, case was staged, to the satisfaction of all participants, by father Donát.
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Cast
Truda Grosslichtová
JUDr. Věra Donátová
Růžena Šlemrová
Růžena Donátová, Věřina matka
Theodor Pištěk
Jindřich Donát, Věřin otec
Oldřich Nový
Petr Kučera zvaný Tygr, vlastním jménem Petr Raboch
Bedřich Veverka
Eman Pálený, Petrův společník
L. H. Struna
Dlouhý Gusta, Petrův společník
Bohuš Záhorský
Franta Štístko, Petrův společník
Rudolf Deyl st.
konzul Raboch
Stanislav Neumann
Rabochův syn Richard
Jaroslav Marvan
majitel koloniálu
Darja Hajská
panská u Donátů Marie
Karel Veverka
prezident soudu JUDr. Bašus
Alois Peterka
vyšetřující soudce
Václav Trégl
solicitátor Oktábec
Eman Fiala
skladatel
Čeněk Šlégl
básník Karel Benda
Jiří Hron
malíř Jan Vrzal
Václav Vydra ml.
sportovec Cifra
František Kreuzmann
první klient advokátky Věry
Vladimír Pospíšil-Born
bankéř Riant
Ferdinand Jarkovský
advokátní solicitátor
Karel Faltys
šéfkuchař
Milka Balek-Brodská
úřednice v redakci
Josef Kotalík
sluha u Donátů
Karel Postranecký
druhý klient advokátky Věry
František Říha
majitel mlékárny
Václav Menger
dozorce vězňů
Fráňa Vajner
žalářník
Eduard Šimáček
čalouník
Bedřich Frank
strážník
Frank Rose-Růžička
strážník
Jan W. Speerger
apač
F. X. Mlejnek
apač
Alfred Baštýř
apač
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Vlasta Zemanová (Advokátka Věra – povídka)
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
Já jedu dopředu, jak nejlíp dovedu
Song Composer Julius Kalaš
Writer of Lyrics Karel Hrnčíř
Singer Truda Grosslichtová
Na děvče mi nesahej (slowfox)
Song Composer Julius Kalaš
Writer of Lyrics Karel Hrnčíř
Singer Oldřich Nový
Production info
Original Title
Advokátka Věra
Czech Title
Advokátka Věra
English Title
Lawyer Věra
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1937
Production Year
1937
Production specifications
start of filming 9 March 1937
end of filming 23 March 1937
date of censorship 04/1937
withdrawal from distribution 02/1940
date of censorship 02/1940 (neschváleno do distribuce)
Premiere
premiere 30 April 1937 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Adria /2 týdny/ a Světozor /2 týdny/, Praha)
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
82 min
Original length in metres
2 320 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
