The Poisoned Light Explained

The Poisoned Light
Native Name:	Otrávené světlo
Director:	Jan S. Kolár Karel Lamač
Starring:	Karel Fiala Anny Ondra Karel Lamač
Cinematography:	Otto Heller
Studio:	Kalos
Distributor:	American
Runtime:	62 minutes
Country:	Czechoslovakia
Language:	Silent

The Poisoned Light (cs|'''Otrávené světlo''') is a 1921 Czechoslovak silent adventure film directed by Jan S. Kolár and Karel Lamač.^[1]

Cast

• Karel Fiala as Inventor Oskar Grant
• Anny Ondra as Grant's daughter Anny
• Karel Lamač as Milan Bell
• Jindřich Lhoták as Karel Selín
• Emil Artur Longen as Illusionist Durk/Durk's brother
• Jan S. Kolár as Ferdinand Karban
• Přemysl Pražský as Martin Bálek
• Antonín Marek as Servant/Baron Evans Margus
• Josef Šváb-Malostranský as Servant Jan

Release

The film was restored and released in a DVD boxset with six other Kolár's silent films by Czech Film Archive in 2018.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Poisoned Light . Filmový přehled. NFA. 20 February 2020.
2. Web site: Otrávené světlo a Příchozí z temnot na DVD . Filmový přehled. NFA. Martin Šrajer. 20 February 2020 . cs.