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The Portrait (1948)
Directed by Jiří Slavíček
Fantasy, Horror · 1h 27m
People are afraid of the usurer Chazaj and are convinced that he is the bearer of evil. One day Chazaj pays a visit to the poor artist Simon Jordán and asks him to paint his portrait. Simon agrees but as he progresses with the work his mind conjures up terrible thoughts and in the end he commits suicide. The portrait looks lifelike and Chazaj is content with the results. After Chazaj's death the picture changes hands and brings misfortune to all who own it. The last victim is the young painter Roman who buys Chazaj's portrait in a bazaar. He finds a treasure in the frame and begins to live well off it. The comfortable life suits him so well that he rejects his original artistic aims and becomes a painter of fashionable kitsch.
Cast
Otomar Krejča
Simon Jordán / Stepán Jordán
Luba Skořepová
Martina Jordánová
Vladimír Šmeral
Painter Roman
Karel Dostal
Extortioner Chazaj
Rudolf Deyl
Jáchym
Felix le Breux
Marcel Bernard
Růžena Šlemrová
Mrs. Viktorová
Ludmila Píchová
Líza Viktorová
Emil Bolek
Bussinesman Viktor
Crew
- Director
- Jiří Slavíček
- Screenplay
- František Vlček
- Director of Photography
- Jan Roth
- Original Music Composer
- Dalibor C. Vačkář
- Editor
- Jan Kohout
Details
- Original title
- Podobizna
- Release date
- 1948-01-09
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Horror
- Original language
- CS
- Spoken languages
- Czech
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
- Production
- Československá filmová společnost