White Paradise
Bílý ráj / Karel Lamač / Czechoslovakia 1924 / 67 min. / Data file
This melodrama from “rugged highlands where people were born lonely in their hearts”
became a significant commercial success for the director and screenwriter Karel Lamač.
A plain story about an unjustly imprisoned escaped convict and his affection for a
tormented orphan girl stirred the souls of contemporary audiences and amazes present-
day professionals with its mature narrative style.
Screenings
Fr 25/07/2025
21:30 - 22:47
Open-air Cinema Smetana Park
Director: Karel Lamač / Czechoslovakia 1924 / 67 + 10 min. / Data file / no dialogues / czech intertitles
Introduction: Jan Jendřejek
Introduction: Jan Jendřejek
Additional info
Directed by:
Karel Lamač
Screenplay:
Karel Lamač, Martin Frič
Photography:
Otto Heller
Cast:
Karel Lamač (Ivo Holar), Vladimír Majer (hostinský Jakub Rezek), Anny Ondráková(sirotek Nina Mirelová), Josef Rovenský (loutkář zvaný tatík Tomáš), Saša Dobrovolná (Holarovamatka), Jan W. Speerger (četník), Karel Schleichert (četník), Karel Fiala (ředitel věznice), LoMarsánová (Yvetta Karenová, neteř ředitele věznice)
