Student Jiří Sutnar is injured but no-one knows how the accident happened. The convalescent young man decides to confide in his mother and he tells her how he came by his injury. Sometime before, Jiří had fallen in love with the actress Jana Kosinová whom he had known only from a photograph. When he saw her in the theatre he decided to write a play for her in order to attract attention to himself. The actress was indeed fascinated by his first play since it reminded her of her past. She is now famous but has some unpleasant experiences behind her. She began acting in the theatre with the help of a man whom she loved whilst unaware of the strange life he was leading. She has now long realised what sort of a man he is but he continues to persecute and blackmail her. The unhappy woman succumbs to Jiří's pure admiration for her and is able to find moments of happiness in his company. Vilém, however, attends the premi re of Jiří's play and asks Jana to leave the boy and go with him to America. A quarrel ensues during which Vilém injures the woman. Jiří thinks that she is dead and turns the weapon on himself. In the end, both are saved and they try to find strength in the short spell of happiness they had experienced together.
The first performance of the film was held on the 7th of July 1940 on the festival Filmové žně in Zlín.
herečka Jana Kosinová
truhlář Antonín Sutnar
Sutnarova žena
student filozofie Jiří, syn Sutnarových
Klára, Sutnarova kolegyně ze studií
Klářina kamarádka Vlasta
student medicíny Karel Pechan
hochštapler Vilém Golombek
starý mládenec
ředitel gramofonové společnosti Tuňák
herec Ambrož
dramaturg
hospodyně u Kosinové
kapitán parníku Vltava
biletářka Žofie
domovnice
sousedka
dirigent
režisér
divadelní kritik
divadelní kritik
divadelní zřízenec Morávek
agent pro zahraniční scény Simon
vrátný v divadle
herec
inspicient
garderobiérka
bufetářka
šatnářka
netrpělivý telefonista
Ambrožova dívka
asistent v nahrávacím studiu
rybář
vrchní v baru
host v baru
host v baru
host v baru
kuchař
reportér
dáma ve společnosti
dáma ve společnosti
návštěvník divadla
návštěvník divadla
návštěvník divadla
návštěvník divadla
spící divák
listonoš
muž u sanitky
Vladimír Neff (Romance – filmová povídka)
Karel Horký (jazykový poradce)
Antonín Frič (fotograf)
Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Jiří Srnka)
Song Composer Jiří Srnka
Writer of Lyrics K. M. Walló
Singer Vlasta Matulová [dab]Míla Spazierová-Hezká
Song Composer Jiří Srnka
Minulost Jany Kosinové
Minulost Jany Kosinové
Jana Kosinová's Past
Hanna Kosinas Vergangenheit
Romance
film
featuretheatrical distribution
melodrama
Czechoslovakia
1940
1940
start of filming 3 May 1940
end of filming 06/1940
date of censorship 10 July 1940 (kulturně-výchovný)
date of censorship 1943 (predikáty „umělecky hodnotný film“ a „film pro Den hrdinů“)
date of censorship 31 May 1944 (predikáty „umělecky hodnotný film“ a „film pro Den hrdinů“ /16mm verze/)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
date of censorship 21 June 1945 (konec povolení k promítání 21. 6. 1946)
date of censorship 11 June 1946 (konec povolení k promítání 31. 12. 1946)
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1948
festival premiere 7 July 1940 (1. Filmové žně 1940 Zlín)
premiere 27 September 1940 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Adrie /3 týdny/ a Lucerna /2 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 06/1944 /unsuitable for youths/ (16mm verze)
renewed premiere 27 July 1945 /unsuitable for youths/
Elekta (původní 1940), ČMÚ (obnovená 1944 /16mm verze/), Státní půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1945)
feature film
105 min
2 988 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,37
black & white
sound
Tobis – Klang
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech, German
Event: Národní ceny za umění filmové
1940
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Vladimír Neff
Exhibition: 1. Filmové žně 1940 Zlín
1940
Zlín / Czechoslovakia
Elekta a.s.
Event: Ceny ministra průmyslu, obchodu a živností
1940
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Elekta a.s.
Event: Námětová akce Filmového studia
1939
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Vladimír Neff