''The River'' ( cs, Řeka) is a 1933

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film drama directed by

Josef Rovenský Josef Rovenský (17 April 1894 – 5 November 1937) was a Czech-Jewish Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213 film actor and director. He app ...

. The film was also released with German voiceovers under the title ''Junge Liebe'' in 1934. The film won Best Director Prize at 1934

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Production

The film was shot in 12 days — 3 days for exteriors and 9 days in the studio. The outdoor scenes were filmed around

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and in hotel Hubertus in

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Cast

Jarmila Beránková Jarmila is a Slavic origin female given name. Derived from the Slavic elements jary ''fierce, strong'' and mil ''favour''. Similar names are Jaromíra and Jaroslava. Nicknames are Jarka, Jarcza, Jara, Jarina, Jaromilka, Jarmilka, Mila, Jarulinka. ...

as Pepička Matuková * Václav Jalovec as Pavel Sychra *

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 Jan Sychra, Pavel's father * Hermína Vojtová as Pavel's mother * Jan Sviták as Poacher Václav Zimák * Rudolf Deyl sr. as Teacher *

Jan W. Speerger Jan Wenceslaus Speerger (29 April 1896 – 25 June 1950) was a Czech film actor and film director. He appeared in many Czech movies in the first half of the 20th century. Life He started as a cinema projectionist and later worked as a technician ...

as Gendarme *

Antonín Marlé Antonin, Antonín, and Antoñín are masculine given names. Antonín, a Czech name in use in the Czech Republic, and Antonin, a French name in use in France, and French-speaking countries, are both considered alternate forms of Antonino. Antoñín ...

as Buyer *

Marie Rýdlová Marie may refer to: People Name * Marie (given name) * Marie (Japanese given name) * Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973 * Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in Tro ...

as Buyer's wife *

Jaroslav Marvan Jaroslav Marvan (11 December 1901 – 21 May 1974) was a Czech actor. He was born in Prague. He was married since the 1920s with Marie Marvanová and had a daughter (Alena Marvanová) with Alena Jančaříková. He passed his school-leaving ...

as Director of the hotel *

as Poacher

Release

The premiere was in Lucerna cinema in Prague on 13 October 1933. The film was commercially very successful. It won a Best Director Prize at 1934 Venice Film Festival and was distributed in 30 countries. It was the first Czechoslovak film distributed in Japan and India.

References

External links

* 1933 films Czechoslovak black-and-white films Czech romantic drama films Czechoslovak drama films Films directed by Josef Rovenský 1933 romantic drama films 1930s Czech films {{1930s-drama-film-stub