''The Lantern'' ( cs, Lucerna) is a 1925
Czech
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* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
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* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus'
Places
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film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
directed by
Karel Lamač
Karel Lamač (27 January 1897 – 2 August 1952) was a Czech film director, actor, screenwriter, producer and singer. He directed more than 100 films in Czechoslovakia, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Life
Lama ...
and starring
Theodor Pištěk and
Anny Ondra
Anny Ondra (born Anna Sophie Ondráková; 15 May 1903 – 28 February 1987) was a Czech film actress. She began her career in 1920 and appeared in Czech, German, Austrian, French and English films. In 1933, she married German boxing champion ...
. It is based on a play by
Alois Jirásek
Alois Jirásek () (23 August 1851, Hronov, Kingdom of Bohemia – 12 March 1930, Prague) was a Czech writer, author of historical novels and plays. Jirásek was a high school history teacher in Litomyšl and later in Prague until his retirement in ...
. Lamač made a
remake with the same name in 1938.
Cast
*
Theodor Pištěk as Miller Libor
*
Anny Ondra
Anny Ondra (born Anna Sophie Ondráková; 15 May 1903 – 28 February 1987) was a Czech film actress. She began her career in 1920 and appeared in Czech, German, Austrian, French and English films. In 1933, she married German boxing champion ...
as Orphan Hanička
*
Karel Lamač
Karel Lamač (27 January 1897 – 2 August 1952) was a Czech film director, actor, screenwriter, producer and singer. He directed more than 100 films in Czechoslovakia, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Life
Lama ...
as Teacher Josef Zajíček
*
Andula Sedláčková as Countess
*
Lo Marsánová
Lo may refer to any of the following:
Arts and entertainment
* '' Lo!'', the third published nonfiction work of the author Charles Fort
* L.O., a fictional character in the Playhouse Disney show Happy Monster Band
* ''Lo'' (film), a 2009 indep ...
as Dornička
*
Jaroslav Vojta
Jaroslav Vojta (27 December 1888 – 20 April 1970) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1921 and 1970.
Selected filmography
* ''Karel Havlíček Borovský'' (1925)
* ''The Lantern'' (1925)
* '' Hraběnk ...
as Carpenter Braha
*
Václav Srb Václav () is a Czech male first name of Slavic origin, sometimes translated into English as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas. These forms are derived from the old Slavic/Czech form of this name: Venceslav.
Nicknames are: Vašek, Vašík, Venca, Venda
For ...
as Musician Klásek
*
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 Kačenka Klásková
*
Ferenc Futurista
Ferenc Futurista, born as František Fiala (7 December 1891 – 19 June 1947) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in more than 45 films between 1918 and 1945.
Selected filmography
* '' Tu ten kámen'' (1923)
* '' The Lantern'' (1925)
* ' ...
as Vodník Ivan
*
Eman Fiala as Vodník Michal
*
Jan W. Speerger as Mr. Franc
References
External links
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1920s fantasy films
Films based on works by Alois Jirásek
Films directed by Karel Lamač
Czechoslovak black-and-white films
Czech fantasy films
Czech silent feature films
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