Ohjaus:
Václav KubásekNäyttelijät:
Mary Jansová, Saša Dobrovolná, Jan W. Speerger, Eduard Malý, Jerzy Pawikowski, František Havel, Marie Černá, Antonín Marek, Tekla Černá, Betty Kysilková, Jiří Gsöllhofer, Marie Fingerová (lisää)Juonikuvaukset(1)
Country girl Žofka goes into service in Prague where she is seduced by the frivolous Rudolf Slaba. Rudolf is thrown out of work for drunkenness and Žofka leaves him after she gave birth to his child. On the advice of an old beggarwoman she starts to beg herself; however, she is imprisoned although she is innocent. After her release she tries to drown herself together with her child but she faints and subsequently thinks that her child has drowned. Mrs Robova takes wretched Žofka under her wing and Žofka inherits her money after Mrs. Robova dies. She returns to her village of Dubová with a guilty conscience and later she marries Jan Rokyta and keeps the accounts in his workshop. The couple, however, is childless. The son of a landowner from Dubová, Jaroslav Beneš, makes the acquaintance in Prague of the lovely Jitřenka. Jitřenka is expecting a child with Jaroslav but his parents forbid the wedding. After the baby is born, Jaroslav goes to see his new family in Prague in secret. Jaroslav's confidante Žofka, finds out from Jitřenka's family that the latter was found in a little boat on the river and Žofka recognises her own daughter. Jitřenka makes her peace with Jaroslav's parents and the film ends with a wedding. (jakelijan virallinen teksti)
(lisää)Arvostelut (1)
Vavřinec Řehoř originally wrote the story as a newspaper novel. Individual chapters were published during the war, and readers apparently enjoyed the story of an ordinary girl from a Czech village whose life was destroyed by service in Vienna. Due to popular interest, the story kept growing (following the main character through events spanning about 20 years). Thi first adaptation remains remarkably faithful to the original, only changing Vienna to Prague. Mary Jansová is very authentic, Jan W. Speerger is great as her seducer, and in the second storyline set in the present, Marie Černá and Betty Kysilková shine. The character of Jerzy Pawikowský poses a challenge for researchers. In this form, all characters' psychology, motivations, and decision-making make sense, and if one can find suitable instrumental music to accompany the silent film, the projection can be a great experience.
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