The Man of a Thousand Faces
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1940Production year
1940Premiere
neproběhlaRuntime
13 minDirector
Karel BarochCategory
filmGenre
promotionalTypology
featuretheatrical distributionshortFilm state
partially realised projectOriginal title
Muž s tisíci tvářemiCzech title
Muž s tisíci tvářemiEnglish title
The Man of a Thousand FacesSummary
Unfinished film.
Synopsis
An advertisement filmed for the celebration of 130th anniversary of founding Josef Jín's chocolate factory in Lomnice nad Popelkou. Eman Fiala likes a girl, who gets on train with her girlfriend and two other men. Together they all leave. Fiala, dressed in various costumes, secretly follows the girl on her travels. The group of four goes to Lomnice nad Popelkou and they have an excursion in the Josef Jín's chocolate factory. They go through the factory, where the dough is being prepared, crackers and biscuits are being baked and eventually everything is packed and dispatched. At the end Eman finally gets to kiss the girl. We can see him in a costume of a luggage carrier, train conductor, street musician, worker (even also a female worker), mischievous little boy, baker, warehouse man and old grandma with a wicker basket.
Note
Only a working silent copy of the unfinished film survives.
Photos
Cast
Eman Fiala
muž tisíce tváří
Marcela Sedláčková
mladá dívka
Bedřich Ulrych
mladík
Martin Raus
mladík v rádiovce
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Production Designer
Production Manager
Music
Music Composed by
Production info
Original Title
Muž s tisíci tvářemi
Czech Title
Muž s tisíci tvářemi
English Title
The Man of a Thousand Faces
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Film state
partially realised project
Genre
promotional
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1940
Production Year
1940
Production specifications
date of censorship nepředloženo cenzuře
Premiere
premiere neproběhla
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
13 min
Original length in metres
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
