''Street Acquaintances'' (German: ''Strassenbekanntschaften'') is a 1929 Czech-German
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...
directed by
Josef Medeotti-Bohác and
Alwin Neuß
Carl Alwin Heinrich Neuß (17 June 1879 – 30 October 1935) was a German film director and actor, noted for playing Sherlock Holmes in a series of silent films during the 1910s. He also played the dual role of Jekyll and Hyde in the 1910 Danish ...
and starring
Theodor Pištěk,
Blanka Svobodová and
Kitty Barling.
[Krautz p.122]
It was shot in
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
. The film's sets were designed by
Alois Mecera.
Cast
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Theodor Pištěk as Urban
*
Blanka Svobodová as Otýlie
*
Kitty Barling as Zdenka
*
Hilde Maroff
Hilde Maroff (5 June 1904 – 15 August 1984) was a German stage and film actress. She was the mother of the child actor Peter Bosse.
Selected filmography
* ''Kubinke the Barber'' (1926)
* ''Love's Joys and Woes'' (1926)
* ''Sister Veronika'' (1 ...
as Ema
*
Nino Costantini as Florián Krauseminz
*
Werner Pittschau
Werner Pittschau (24 March 1902 – 28 October 1928) was a German theater and film actor of the silent film era. He was a leading men in 30 films during the 1920s, but his career was cut short by his death in an automobile accident, aged 26.
Pit ...
as Jaroslav Klement
*
Václav Zichovský as Factory Owner
*
André Mattoni as Vladimír Skála
*
Rosa Monetti as Marketa Skálová
* Jan Richter as Zelenka
*
Antonie Nedošinská
Antonie Nedošinská (26 June 1885 – 17 July 1950) was a Czechoslovak film actress. She appeared in 89 films between 1916 and 1947.
Selected filmography
* ''The Lantern'' (1925)
* '' Falešná kočička aneb Když si žena umíní'' (1926)
* ...
as Zelenka's Wife
* as Mána
*
Jiří Hron Jiří (; ''YI-RZHEE''), the Czech is a masculine given name, equivalent to English George, may refer to:
Given name
B
* Jiří Antonín Benda
* Jiří Baborovský
*Jiří Barta
*Jiří Bartoška
* Jiří Bicek
* Jiří Bobok
*Jiří Bubla
*Jiř ...
as Václav
* Hugh Douglas as Alfréd Snajdr aka Baron Freddy
*
Jindřich Plachta
Jindřich Plachta, born Jindřich Šolle (1 July 1899 – 6 November 1951) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1926 and 1951.
Selected filmography
* '' The Lovers of an Old Criminal'' (1927)
* '' Fathe ...
as Urban's Servant
*
Filip Bálek-Brodský as Wedding Guest
*
Milka Bálek-Brodská as Wedding Guest's Wife
*
Jindřich Lhoták as Doctor
* Rudolf Stahl as Detective
*
Frank Argus as Inspector
*
Jindřich Edl
Jindřich is a given name. It is the Czech version of the English name Henry.
People with the name include:
*Jindřich Bačkovský (1912–2000), Czech physicist
* Jindřich Balcar (born 1950), Czechoslovak ski jumper who competed from 1974 to 19 ...
as Commissioner
*
Betty Kysilková
Betty or Bettie is a name, a common diminutive for the names Bethany and Elizabeth. In Latin America, it is also a common diminutive for the given name Beatriz, the Spanish and Portuguese form of the Latin name Beatrix and the English name Bea ...
as Woman in Eden
*
Eduard Slégl as Servant
References
Bibliography
* Alfred Krautz. ''Encyclopedia of film directors in the United States of America and Europe, Volume 2''. Saur, 1997.
External links
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1929 films
Czech silent films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
Films directed by Alwin Neuß
German black-and-white films
Czech black-and-white films
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