The first performed scene is telling a local legend about a weaver who is walking through a forest and gets scared by his own weaving warp, which he regards to be a dangerous snake. This legend has gi...
At the occasion of the Charity Party officers with their families are meeting with young soldiers. The military band is playing in the pavilion, people are promenading, and soldiers are arrayed and sa...
A parade of people wearing historical costumes is marching through the town of Nový Jičín. We can also see allegorical trucks in the parade.
Train with the Emperor Charles I. is arriving at the station. Military cavalry is preparing for the festive visit. The Mayor of the Town and church dignitaries welcomes the Emperor, accompanied by the...
First May procession moves from Wenceslas Square to the Národní třída [the National Avenue], and then to the Střelecký Isle and Žofín. Among banners we can see mottos calling for Czech Indepen...
A film walk through Prague, to busy Wenceslas Square and Old Town Square, focused on notable sights of the New Town and mainly the Old Town of Prague.
On September 16, 1923, I International Car Races were held in Plzeň. Motorcycles and automobiles were weighed with a town weighing machine. Then all the cars went through the streets of the town. Fol...
President T. G. Masaryk is getting off the train in Domažlice, he is welcomed by the town representatives. From there he is taken in a coach in a ceremony parade, accompanied by the Sokol cavalry. He...
A scene from the dream of the landowner Dražický.
Jeremiáš Máček (actor: Josef Šváb-Malostranský)
A scene from the dream of the landowner Dražický. On the horse sits his ancestor Ješek (actor: Karel Lamač).
A scene from the story of an old aristocratic family.
A scene from the dream of the landowner Dražický - alchemist Balthasar Borro (actor: Vladimír Majer).
Kaclová in dress and an apron. In her hands she´s holding a bottle. Šváb´s sitting behind the table, on he has a jacket and in his hands knife and fork. On the table there´s a tablecloth, a plat...
Binded Durk (actor: Emil Artur Longen), Anny (actress: Anny Ondráková) on a light dress. Behind Durk stands (from the left): Karban (actor&director: Jan Stanislav Kolár), Milan Bell (actor: Karel L...
Ponrepo (his real name Dismas Šlambor) stands behind a table, on his left side an unknown man (probably his assistant).
Preliminary budget
List of costumes and stage properties
Contest for the music to the film
Conditions of screening in Bio Fenix in Prague