Three Sisters

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1944

Production year

1944

Runtime

12 min

Director

Walter Sent

Category

film

Genre

agitprop

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Tři sestry

Czech title

Tři sestry

English title

Three Sisters

Protectorate parallel title

3 Schwestern

Synopsis

A propaganda film on the part women can play in working for the German Reich. Three young sisters are deciding what to do. One wants to enter commerce and really does end up as a saleswoman. The second has her dream fulfilled of becoming a teacher. The third wants to stay with mother on the farm. In time of need the saleswoman works on a lathe, the teacher works in a creche for the children of working mothers, and the third ploughs the field.

Note

The copy in German version is preserved in the National Film Archive only.

Cast

A. Schillwachová

Věra Jeníková

Karel Šašek

mladý sedlák

H. Berndt

Crew and creators

Director

Walter Sent

Screenstory

Walter Sent

Screenplay

Walter Sent

Commentary by

Walter Sent

Director of Photography

Jaroslav Fischer

Film Editor

Jindřich Fiala

Sound Designer

Antonín Rambousek

Production Manager

Ludvík Guba

Music

Music Composed by

John Gollwell

Production info

Original Title

Tři sestry

Czech Title

Tři sestry

English Title

Three Sisters

Protectorate Parallel Title

3 Schwestern

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

agitprop

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1944

Production Year

1944

Production specifications

date of censorship 24 August 1944 (predikáty „lidově vzdělavatelský film“ a „film pro Den hrdinů“)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945

Premiere

premiere 08/1944 /suitable for youths/

Production

Guba-film

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Guba-film

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

12 min

Original length in metres

318 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

Czech

Opening/End credits languages

Czech, German