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Eva has just gotten married to an older gentleman, but discovers that he is obsessed with order in his life and doesn't have much room for passion. She becomes despondent and leaves him, returning to her father's house. One day while bathing in the lake, she meets a young man and they fall in love. The husband has become grief stricken at the loss of his young bride, and fate brings him together with the young lover that has taken Eva from him.
1933 · Directed by Gustav Machatý · 89 min · Drama · Romance · 10 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: František Horký, Gustav Machatý
- Cinematography: Jan Stallich
- Edited by: Antonín Zelenka
- Music: Giuseppe Becce
- Production design: Bohumil Heš, Josef Gabriel
- Produced by: Gustav Machatý
Cast
- Hedy Lamarr as Eva Hermann
- Zvonimir Rogoz as Emil
- Aribert Mog as Adam
- Leopold Kramer as Evas Vater
- Emily Jerman as Evas Ehemann (voice)
- Eduard Šlégl as Landarbeiter
- Antonín Kubový as Landarbeiter
- Jan Sviták as Tänzer
- Bedřich Vrbský as Evas Vater (voice)
- Jiřina Štěpničková as Eva (voice)
Production
- Country: Czechoslovakia
- Language: Czech
- Studios: Elektafilm
- Themes: black and white, suicide of husband
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