Double Life
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1939Production year
1939Premiere
25 August 1939Runtime
84 minDirector
Václav KubásekCategory
filmGenre
melodramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Dvojí životCzech title
Dvojí životEnglish title
Double LifeProtectorate parallel title
Doppeltes LebenSynopsis
Žofka, daughter of the steward Dražil, moves to Prague. She finds work and wants to live independently but she resolves to return to her village and marry the locksmith Jan Rokyta who loves her. Her sister Jiřina loves the son of the landowner Remeš, Jaroslav. Remešs do not approve of Jaroslav's relationship with Jiřina. Only uncle František, manager of a Prague factory, approves of it. He therefore takes Jiřina under his wing with the idea of giving her an education. In Prague Žofka gets involved with Rudolf Slaba, a crook who is interested in getting to know the manager Remeš through her. Eventually he manages to meet him through his own guile, not via Žofka. Žofka warns Remeš that Slaba will rob him, but she ends up hiding Slaba from the police. Slaba would like to improve his standing in Žofka's eyes and start a new life with her. But he is no longer capable of this and commits suicide. Remeš realises he did Žofka wrong but he manages to make amends. Rokyta forgives Žofka her little misdemeanour, and Jiřina finally wins the consent of Jaroslav's parents to the idea of marriage.
Note
This theme had already been treated in a Czech film under the same title (1924; directed by Václav Kubásek).
Photos
Cast
Bolek Prchal
šafář Dražil
Slávka Rosenbergová
Dražilova žena
Marie Glázrová
Žofka, starší dcera Dražilových
Drahomíra Hůrková
Jiřina, mladší dcera Dražilových
František Kreuzmann
ředitel František Remeš
Hermína Vojtová
Svobodová, teta sester Dražilových
Karel Černý
velkostatkář Josef Remeš, bratr Františka
Růžena Šlemrová
Kitty, žena Josefa Remeše
Jiří Dohnal
Jarka, syn velkostatkáře Remeše
Gustav Nezval
nezaměstnaný malíř pokojů Rudolf Slaba
Míla Pačová
Seidlová, Slabova bytná a společnice
Vilém Pfeiffer
zámečník Jan Rokyta
Anna Letenská
Staňková, Slabova přítelkyně
Vladimír Řepa
karbaník Staněk, Slabův přítel
Fanda Mrázek
Rudolfův kumpán
Ladislav Janeček
karbaník Fryček, Slabův přítel
Ota Motyčka
karbaník Vinař, Slabův přítel
Jan Černý
policejní komisař
Darja Hajská
vedoucí prádelny
Julius Baťha
strážmistr
Ladislav Kulhánek
učitel hudby
Emanuel Kovařík
vrchní v kavárně
Marie Nademlejnská
Žofčina bytná
Elsa Vetešníková
animírka
Marie Blažková
panímáma Lázničková
Míla Spazierová-Hezká
zpěvačka v kavárně
Antonín Jirsa
host v kavárně
Jaroslav Krejčí
kavárník
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Vavřinec Řehoř (Dvojí život – román)
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
Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Jiří Srnka)
Songs
Život je krátký
Song Composer Jiří Srnka
Writer of Lyrics K. M. Walló
Singer Míla Spazierová-Hezká
Production info
Original Title
Dvojí život
Czech Title
Dvojí život
English Title
Double Life
Protectorate Parallel Title
Doppeltes Leben
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
melodrama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1939
Production Year
1939
Production specifications
start of filming 24 June 1939 (ateliéry)
end of filming 15 July 1939 (ateliéry)
date of censorship 08/1939
date of censorship 05/1940
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
Premiere
premiere 25 August 1939 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Blaník /1 týden/ a Metro /1 týden/, Praha )
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
84 min
Original length in metres
2 370 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, German
Awards
Vítěz
Event: Anketa deníku Večer – O nejlepší český film roku 1939 a o nejoblíbenější českou filmovou herečku a herce
1940
Praha / Czechoslovakia
