Directed by:
Karel LamačCinematography:
Otto HellerComposer:
Eman FialaCast:
Vlasta Burian, Čeněk Šlégl, Adina Mandlová, Hana Vítová, Václav Trégl, Jan W. Speerger, Theodor Pištěk, Mariana Hellerová, Ljuba Hermanová, Antonín Vaverka (more)Plots(1)
Eman Vovísek turns to drink when his love Liduška marries his cousin, the industrialist Daněk. Because Eman becomes aggressive when he drinks, he is taken to a sanatorium specialising in nervous disorders where he meets his uncle Hanibal. Hanibal had a nervous breakdown after his wife Matylda left him. Matylda wanted her freedom so she could marry her first love, uncle Jonathan, who was supposed to come over from America. Jonathan sends a telegram that he will be detained in Paris. Daněk is annoyed at this turn of events since he was counting on Liduška spending her time with her visitor from America while he would meanwhile go off with his lover. He therefore visits Vovísek and persuades him to pretend to be Jonathan. When Matylda discovers Jonathan is already in Prague, she starts following him. Jealous Hanibal escapes from the sanatorium intending to kill the person he believes to be Jonathan. Finally the real Jonathan appears amid all the chaos and tells them that he came only to announce to everyone that he is engaged to a young American girl. Matylda goes back to Hanibal and Vovísek turns his affections towards Josefinka, a secretary, who had loved him for a long time. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Vlasta Burian
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Stood at the Till (1939)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Station Master (1941)
Čeněk Šlégl
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Stood at the Till (1939)
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Station Master (1941)
Adina Mandlová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Stood at the Till (1939)
Ducháček Will Fix It (1938)
Christian (1939)
Hana Vítová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949)
The Merry Wives (1938)
Václav Trégl
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Jan W. Speerger
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Christian (1939)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
The Lumberjack (1922)
Theodor Pištěk
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Station Master (1941)
Mariana Hellerová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Don't Make Grandpa Angry (1934)
Loupežník (1931)
Výkřik do sibiřské noci (1935)
Ljuba Hermanová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik 2: Beg to Report, Sir (1957)
Pan Jordán a Habada (1968) (TV movie)
Don't Make Grandpa Angry (1934)
Antonín Vaverka
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Long Live with Dearly Departed (1935)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
The Big Trail (1930)
Máňa Hanková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Don't Make Grandpa Angry (1934)
Panenka (1938)
Boží mlýny (1938)
Jaroslav Marvan
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Antonín Holzinger
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Nebe a dudy (1941)
Conscience (1948)
Capek's Tales (1947)
František Černý
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Mario Karas
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
White Paradise (1924)
His Majesty's Adjutant (1933)
Don't Make Grandpa Angry (1934)
Karel Postranecký
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Stood at the Till (1939)
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Station Master (1941)
František Říha
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec (1932)
Long Live with Dearly Departed (1935)
Business Under Distress (1931)
Ferdinand Jarkovský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Stood at the Till (1939)
Ducháček Will Fix It (1938)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
Fred Bulín
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Don't Make Grandpa Angry (1934)
Lelicek in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932)
Colonel Svec (1929)
Karel Němec
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Stood at the Till (1939)
Ducháček Will Fix It (1938)
Business Under Distress (1931)