Psohlavci

Although the first sound adaptation of Jirásek was a somewhat more demanding production for Innemann, the result is still worthy of attention. The whole thing stands and falls on the authenticity of Bedřich Karen as Jan Sladký Kozina from Oujezd. The whole cast is very unbalanced, Kozina's mother is played by Leopolda Dostalová and his wife by Marie Grossová, and somewhere in the jumble of the Chodov people we also find Truda Grosslichtová, Rovenský, and Fiala. The only one in his place, given his typology and experience, is Theodor Pištěk as Lomikar. However, compared to Frič's later version, this one boasts a successful script by Wasserman and tasteful pathos. (10/11/2020)