The Arrival from the Darkness

The Arrival from the Darkness
The Arrival from the Darkness
	Příchozí z temnot
Directed by	Jan S. Kolár
Written by	Karel Hloucha; Jan S. Kolár
Starring	Theodor Pištěk; Anny Ondra; Karel Lamač
Cinematography	Otto Heller; Otto Hoffmann
Production; company	Rexfilm
Distributed by	Rexfilm
Release date	14 October 1921;
Running time	62 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Languages	Silent; Czech intertitles

The Arrival from the Darkness aka Redivivus (Czech: Příchozí z temnot) is a 1921 Czechoslovak silent fantasy horror film directed by Jan S. Kolár.^[1]

Plot

Production

Exteriors were shot at castles Karlštejn, Český Šternberk and Okoř.^[2] Studio scenes were shot at EFA-Atelier am Zoo in Berlin in sets made by art director Fritz Kraenke.^[3]

Cast

Theodor Pištěk as Landowner Bohdan Dražický
Anny Ondra as Farmer's wife Dagmar/Alena
Karel Lamač as Ješek Dražický of Lom and Střehov, Alena's cousin
Josef Šváb-Malostranský as Old servant Jan
Vladimír Majeras Richard Bor/Alchemist Balthazar del Borro
Luigi Hofman as Buttler/Alena's father
Jan W. Speerger as Knight from a company of Ješek Dražický
Alfred Baštýř as Fisherman
Rudolf Myzet as Knight

Release

The film was released in cinemas in Germany, Austria, France and Great Britain under the name Redivivus in 1921.^[1]

From 2005 to 2007, the film was reconstructed and shown in film festivals. It was released in a DVD box set with six other Kolár's silent films by Czech Film Archive in 2018.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "The Arrival from the Darkness". Filmový přehled. Czech Film Archive. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
^ "Příchozí z temnot" [Coming from the dark]. Filmová místa (in Czech). Retrieved 1 October 2024.
^ Luboš Bartošek (1985). Náš film: kapitoly z dějin, 1896-1945 (in Czech). Mladá fronta. pp. 105–106.
^ Šrajer, Martin. "Otrávené světlo a Příchozí z temnot na DVD" [The poisoned light and the Incoming from Dark on DVD]. Filmový přehled (in Czech). Czech Film Archive. Retrieved 1 October 2024.