The False Pussycat [German version]
Country
Czechoslovakia, AustriaCopyright
1937Production year
1937Premiere
5 August 1938Runtime
84 minDirector
Carl BoeseCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Falešná kočička [německá verze]Czech title
Falešná kočička [německá verze]English title
The False Pussycat [German version]Parallel title
Zamilovaná srdce [český distribuční název v Československu] / Heiraten – aber wen? [německý distribuční název v Německu] / Verliebte Herzen [německý distribuční název v Československu]Protectorate parallel title
Die falsche KatzeCo-production title
Die falsche Katze [německý distribuční název v Rakousku]Working title
Ja, ja die LiebeSynopsis
A fortune-teller forecasts for Dr. Přelouč that he will marry the third poverty-stricken little girl he meets. Míla, the daughter of factory owner Janota, likes the doctor and with the aid of his housekeeper Amálka she insinuates herself into his household in the disguise of a poor seller of shoe-laces. She has prepared for her role beforehand by surveying the outskirts of the city where she met Vendelín Pleticha, who became her guide to the local pubs and teacher of the people's speech. Dr. Přelouč is inspired by the poor, uneducated girl and tries to teach her the rudiments of societal behaviour, even literary language. Everything goes along until the moment he finds out that Míla is tricking him and that Pleticha is not the father she has passed him off to be. The doctor's closest friend Chládek, a well-known sportsman and the idol of young girl's hearts, learns that Míla is the daughter of an industrialist and he proposes to her. This, however, has aroused the jealousy of Dr. Přelouč, who realizes that he really does love the young woman and marries her.
Note
The German version was shot about a half-year later. The Prague première of this version was August 5, 1938 under the title Zamilovaná srdce (A Heart in Love). This theme had already been treated in a Czech film under the same title (1926; directed by Svatopluk Innemann). The original negative, the original sound negative 2 238,0 metres, the duplicate sound negative, the combined duplicate print are preserved in the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, Berlin. The combined duplitace negative 2 291,0 metres and the combined print are preserved in the Gosfilmofond of Russia, Belye Stolby.
Photos
Cast
Karin Hardt /ž/
Ursula Werndorffová
Fred Hennings
generální ředitel Werndorff, otec Ursuly
Rolf Wanka
MUDr. Felix Hübner
Paul Hörbiger
chirurg MUDr. Kramer
Hella Pitt /ž/
Lisa Rodenová, přítelkyně Ursuly
Pepi Glöckner-Kramer /ž/
hospodyně Paula
Rudolf Carl
prodejce Pepi Doppler
Fritz Müller
Neff
Glaseovská
Wesela /ž/
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Josef Skružný (Falešná kočička – divadelní hra)
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 Jára BenešFrank Fox)
Writer of Lyrics
Locations
bez exteriérů
Production info
Original Title
Falešná kočička [německá verze]
Czech Title
Falešná kočička [německá verze]
English Title
The False Pussycat [German version]
Parallel Title
Zamilovaná srdce [český distribuční název v Československu] / Heiraten – aber wen? [německý distribuční název v Německu] / Verliebte Herzen [německý distribuční název v Československu]
Protectorate Parallel Title
Die falsche Katze
Co-production Title
Die falsche Katze [německý distribuční název v Rakousku]
Working Title
Ja, ja die Liebe
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia, Austria
Copyright
1937
Production Year
1937
Production specifications
start of filming 8 December 1937
end of filming 22 December 1937
date of censorship 02/1938
date of censorship 06/1940
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
Premiere
premiere abroad 20 May 1938 (Atrium, Berlín, Německo)
premiere 5 August 1938 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Juliš /1 týden/, Praha)
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
84 min
Original length in metres
2 388 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Tobis – Klang
Versions
German
Dialogue languages
German
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
German
