The Illusion Factory

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1937

Production year

1937

Premiere

11 March 1938

Runtime

11 min

Director

Jiří Weiss

Category

film

Genre

reportage

Typology

documentarytheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Továrna na iluse

Czech title

Továrna na iluse

English title

The Illusion Factory

Summary

A report from behind the scenes of Barrandov film studios.

Note

The film contains excerpts from the shooting of film White Disease (1937) by Hugo Haas.

Commentary

Crew and creators

Director

Jiří Weiss

Screenplay

Jiří Weiss

Director of Photography

Václav Hanuš

Music

Music Composed by

Jiří Srnka

Production info

Original Title

Továrna na iluse

Czech Title

Továrna na iluse

English Title

The Illusion Factory

Category

film

Typology

documentarytheatrical distribution

Genre

reportage

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1937

Production Year

1937

Production specifications

date of censorship 3 March 1938 (kulturně-výchovný)
withdrawal from distribution 11/1939
date of censorship 11/1939 (neschváleno do distribuce)

Premiere

premiere 11 March 1938 /suitable for youths/

Production

AB

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Laboratories

AB

Distribution

AB

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

11 min

Original length in metres

310 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Tobis – Klang

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech, commentary

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech