---
title: 'The Lantern (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Karel Lamač'
released: '1938-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 84
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-lantern-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151405/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Lantern (1938)

1938 · 84 min · Fantasy, Comedy, History · Czechoslovakia

Original title: Lucerna

## Synopsis

The Lantern is a 1938 Czech film directed by Karel Lamač and starring Jarmila Kšírová, Theodor Pištěk and Jarmila Beránková. It was based on a play by Alois Jirásek. Lamač made a silent film based on the same play in 1925.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Karel Lamač](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-lamac)
- **Screenplay:** [František Kožík](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-kozik), [Václav Wasserman](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-wasserman), [Bohumír Polách](https://cinepixo.com/people/bohumir-polach)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Miloš Smatek](https://cinepixo.com/people/milos-smatek)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jan Roth](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-roth)
- **Editor:** [Marie Lorenzová](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-lorenzova)

## Cast

- [Eman Fiala](https://cinepixo.com/people/eman-fiala)
- [Alois Dvorský](https://cinepixo.com/people/alois-dvorsky)
- [František Kreuzmann sr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-kreuzmann-sr)
- [Theodor Pištěk](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodor-pistek)
- [Josef Oliak](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-oliak)
- [Gustav Hilmar](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-hilmar)
- [Jarmila Beránková](https://cinepixo.com/people/jarmila-berankova)
- [Josef Zora](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-zora)
- [Jindra Láznička](https://cinepixo.com/people/jindra-laznicka)
- [Ota Motyčka](https://cinepixo.com/people/ota-motycka)
- [Ella Šárková](https://cinepixo.com/people/ella-sarkova)
- [Antonín Holzinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonin-holzinger)
- [František Vohnout](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-vohnout)
- [Jarmila Kšírová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jarmila-ksirova)
- [Jára Kohout](https://cinepixo.com/people/jara-kohout)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-lantern-1938
Film facts: Wikidata (Q7745476); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.