The Portrait

The Portrait

Release date : January 9, 1948
Runtime : 1h 27m
Countries of origin : Czechoslovakia /
Original Language : Czech /
Director : Jiří Slavíček /
Production companies : Československá filmová společnost /
January 9, 1948 1h 27m Czechoslovakia Fantasy Czech More
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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.
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Otomar Krejča
Simon Jordán / Stepán Jordán
Luba Skořepová
Martina Jordánová
Vladimír Šmeral
Painter Roman
Ladislav Kulhánek
Professor Mikulás
Karel Dostal
Extortioner Chazaj
Rudolf Deyl
Jáchym
Felix le Breux
Marcel Bernard
Růžena Šlemrová
Mrs. Viktorová
Ludmila Píchová
Líza Viktorová
Emil Bolek
Bussinesman Viktor
František Holar
Mr. Zemblovský
Viktor Očásek
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  • title:The Portrait
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1948
  • Runtime:1h 27m
  • Genres: Fantasy ·
  • Countries of origin: Czechoslovakia ·
  • Original Language: Czech ·
  • Director: Jiří Slavíček /
  • Writers: František Vlček · Martin Frič · Nikolai Gogol ·
  • Production companies: Československá filmová společnost ·
  • Overview: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.
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