Turbina (1941)
The imperial councilor Ullik decides to modernize his old mills by installing a new turbine. His eccentric brother-in-law Artuš tries to prevent this, as the construction work disrupts the statics of the tower in which he lives. Ullik's older daughter Tynda is a talented singer. The bewitched girl secretly accepts the courtship of the virile Václav, the son of the night watchman. Her younger sister, the doctor Marie, wins the heart and hand of the astronomer Zouplna, despite her father's prohibition...
- Date of release
- 1941-10-17
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (3)
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Director
- Otakar Vávra
Casting
- František Smolík — Ullik
- Lída Baarová — Tynda
- Vlasta Matulová — Marie
- Rudolf Hrušínský — Bohumil
- Meda Valentová — Rézi
- Eduard Kohout — Artuš Fabian
- Marie Glázrová — Žofka Pečulíková
- Jaroslav Vojta — Nezmara
- Vítězslav Vejražka — Václav
- Karel Höger — Dr. Arnošt Zouplna
- Jindřich Plachta — Zouplna
- Vladimír Majer — Ing. John Mour
Interesting facts
Turbine is a 1941 Czech historical drama film directed by Otakar Vávra and starring František Smolík, Lída Baarová and Vlasta Matulová. It is based on a novel by Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod.
Production
It was shot at the Hostivař Studios in Prague.
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