The Ring

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1944

Production year

1944

Premiere

16 February 1945

Runtime

93 min

Director

Martin Frič

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Prstýnek

Czech title

Prstýnek

English title

The Ring

Protectorate parallel title

Der Fingerring

Synopsis

Jan Sochor refuses to help with the construction of a little chapel which is to celebrate the miracles of St Anthony. He tells the priest what happened twenty years ago, the most famous miracle performed by the village's patron saint. At that time a young princess and an old impotent prince came to live in their castle. The fresh air was to try to help them conceive a long-desired heir. The chance encounter between the princess and the able-bodied Sochor led to secret love trysts. Afterwards the couple left and the princess gave birth to a son. Sochor married a girl named Baruška and they had only daughters. Twenty years later the young prince Robert arrives in the village and his passion for hunting secures his friendship with Sochor. Robert grows fond of Sochor's eldest daughter, also called Baruška, but she resists his courtship. Sochor catches them during one of their secret meetings and does not hesitate to use the strap on Robert as he would his children. Robert, furious, has him arrested. In tears, Baruška begs to have her father released and the princess puts things to rights without telling her son that Sochor is his real father.

Cast

Otomar Korbelář

Jan Sochor/Sochorův otec

Marie Blažková

Sochorova matka

Naděžda Vladyková

Baruška, žena Jana Sochora

Hermína Vojtová

Baruščina matka

Vlasta Fabianová

kněžna Andresová

František Smolík

kníže Ferdinand Andres

Zdeněk Dítě

mladý kníže Robert

Jana Dítětová

Baruška, dcera Jana a Barušky Sochorových

Růžena Šlemrová

baronka, společnice kněžny

Ferenc Futurista

knížecí kočí pan Václav

Ella Nollová

kořenářka

Bolek Prchal

obecní strážník

Alois Dvorský

zvoník Čejka

Ota Motyčka

kostelník

Ludmila Skleničková

komorná na zámku, myslivcova milá

Karel Šmíd

nadlesní

Bedřich Bozděch

komorník Filip

Milka Balek-Brodská

služka na faře

Antonín Soukup

starosta obce Marčan

Darja Hajská

starostova žena

Josef Steigl

venkovan

Josef Oliak

venkovan

Běla Jurdová

dívka okopávající růže

Crew and creators

Director

Martin Frič

Screenstory

Kamil Zeman

Director of Photography

Václav Hanuš (interiéry), Julius Vegricht (exteriéry)

Set Designer

Oldřich Novotný

Costume Designer

J. M. Gottlieb

Film Editor

Jan Kohout

Sound Designer

Miroslav Prokeš

Production Manager

Václav Dražil, Karel Feix (ředitel výroby)

Unit Production Manager

František Urbánek

Consultant

J. M. Gottlieb (umělecký poradce), Miroslav Haller (jazykový poradce)

Cooperation

Antonín Frič (fotograf), Jindřich Marco (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Eman Fiala

Music Performed by

Orchestr Pragfilmu

Songs

Vítejte nám

Singer dětský sbor

Production info

Original Title

Prstýnek

Czech Title

Prstýnek

English Title

The Ring

Protectorate Parallel Title

Der Fingerring

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1944

Production Year

1944

Production specifications

start of filming 12 June 1944
end of filming 09/1944
date of censorship 9 February 1945 (predikát „uznáníhodný film“)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
date of censorship 06/1945 (konec povolení k promítání 31. 12. 1948)
withdrawal from distribution 31 May 1990

Premiere

premiere 16 February 1945 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Adria /3 týdny/, Kapitol /3 týdny/ a Lucerna /3 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 23 June 1945 /unsuitable for youths/

Production

Nationalfilm

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Laboratories

Pragfilm

Distribution

Nationalfilm (původní 1945), Státní půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1945)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

93 min

Original length in metres

2 638 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