The Doll
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1938Production year
1938Premiere
31 March 1938Runtime
90 minDirector
Robert LandCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
PanenkaCzech title
PanenkaEnglish title
The DollWorking title
Robotka č. 1Synopsis
The young Věra accepts an offer from her friend Kajetán who has arranged for her to work in Dominik's puppet factory. She enchants her employer so much that he falls in love with her. Dominik's mother takes note of her son's interest in the girl and immediately has her fired. Kajetán, who works in the studio of Výr the sculptor where mechanical puppets are made for commercial promotion, asks Věra for help. He wants her to pretend to be a puppet since his was damaged just before it was to go on show. Věra agrees to take up the challenge. Věra's acting skills are so convincing that Mrs Dominik shows great interest in the mechanical puppet and she urges Kajetán to organise a promotional tour of the Republic. Věra thus has to continue her "role" and finds herself in various awkward situations during the course of the tour. A misunderstanding leads to the arrest of Kajetán and the innocent Dominik in Karlovy Vary, while Věra manages to escape. In the end, however, everything is explained, the invention is finally ready and robot no.2 - the real one this time - wishes Věra and Dominik, who are now engaged, best wishes for the future.
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Cast
Ferenc Futurista
strážník Bedřich Vrba
Milada Gampeová
manželka strážníka Vrby
Jiří Dohnal
Kajetán, syn Vrbových
Věra Ferbasová
Věra, podnájemnice u Vrbů
Josef Gruss
továrník Antonín Dominik
Milka Balek-Brodská
továrníkova matka Adéla Dominiková
Zdeněk Hora
sochař Jaroslav Výr
Ljuba Hermanová
sochařova přítelkyně Hella
Světla Svozilová
redaktorka Maryna Tečková
Stanislav Neumann
detektiv Liška
Eman Fiala
účetní Bonifác Žalud
Máňa Hanková
operetní hvězda
Theodor Pištěk
vrchní policejní komisař
František Kreuzmann
podvodník James Robber alias Petr Dostál
Jan W. Speerger
podvodník Joe Cheat alias Moučka
Gabriel Hart
podvodník Jim Cheat alias Moučka
Alois Dvorský
zlodějíček
Jiří Hron
kominík
Josef Příhoda
vrátný v hotelu
Eliška Jílková
zaměstnankyně u Dominiků
Jaroslav Bráška
obchodník
Alfred Baštýř
obchodník
Jarmila Zezulková
sekretářka redaktorky Tečkové
Frank Rose-Růžička
strážník
František Vlček
hotelový sluha
F. X. Mlejnek
hotelový sluha
Jindřich Láznička
hotelový sluha
Štefan Munk
číšník v Karlových Varech
Viktor Socha
číšník
Orchestr F.O.K.
orchestr v divadle
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Josef Zezulka, MUC. Gustav Čibera
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Set Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Music
Songs
Žena-robot /Robot/ (foxtrot)
Song Composer Jára Beneš
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav MottlJosef Neuberg
Singer Máňa HankováVěra Ferbasová
Jsem panen prototyp
Song Composer Jára Beneš
Writer of Lyrics Jan Grmela
Singer Věra Ferbasová
Production info
Original Title
Panenka
Czech Title
Panenka
English Title
The Doll
Working Title
Robotka č. 1
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1938
Production Year
1938
Production specifications
start of filming 28 February 1938
date of censorship 03/1938
end of filming 19 March 1938
withdrawal from distribution 1 June 1940
date of censorship 06/1960 (neschváleno do distribuce)
Premiere
premiere 31 March 1938 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Adrie /2 týdny/ a Máj /2 týdny/, Praha)
Production
Metropolitan (zadavatel), Meissner
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
90 min
Original length in metres
2 551 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
