The Eleventh Commandment

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1925

Production year

1925

Premiere

23 October 1925

Runtime

105 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Jedenácté přikázání

Czech title

Jedenácté přikázání

English title

The Eleventh Commandment

Synopsis

Three friends disrupt the tranquil life of Voborský and his wife. At one time, all three of them had sworn that they would never get married. Voborský is the only one to have broken the oath but he does not want them to find out. Therefore he asks his wife Ema to go and stay with her parents during the visit of his friends. She agrees even though she reminds her husband of the eleventh commandment: Thou shalt not deny your wife! The situation is complicated by the unexpected arrival of his wife's parents and Ema's younger sister Julinka. Voborský therefore introduces his wife as his illegitimate daughter whose mother was supposed to have been his landlady when he was a student. But another student, now a judge, has had a love affair with her, and he now thinks that Ema is his child and wishes to care Another of the friends, a timid professor, falls in love with Julinka. After several humorous incidents, with Julinka's help, Voborský finally confesses that he is married and the friends break off their pact.

Cast

Hugo Haas

Jiří Voborský

Meda Valentová

Voborského žena Ema

Jiří Hron

profesor Beránek

František Havel

major v. v. Jičínský

Jaroslav Vojta

soudce Emanuel Střela

Josef Vošalík

velitel ostrostřelců Bartoloměj Pecka

Betty Kysilková

Peckova žena Eližběta rozená Vaňousová

Vladimír Majer

Jičínského sluha Vojtěch

Alois Charvát

Emin otec Florián Králíček

Milka Balek-Brodská

Emina matka Veronika Králíčková

Marie Černá

Emina sestra Julinka

Marie Fingerová

služka u Voborských Františka

Alois Mecera

Františčin milý Ferdík

Václav Krejčíř

Emin nejmladší bratr

Jan W. Speerger

trubač ostrostřelců

Jan Richter

pan okresní

Josef Vraný

mydlář Isidor Šňupka, ostrostřelec

Rudolf Jahelka

hostinský

Otto Zahrádka

ostrostřelec

Crew and creators

Based on

František Ferdinand Šamberk (Jedenácté přikázání – divadelní hra)

Director of Photography

Jaroslav Fischer

Production Designer

Alois Mecera

Cooperation

Fotoatelier Benda (fotograf)

Production info

Original Title

Jedenácté přikázání

Czech Title

Jedenácté přikázání

English Title

The Eleventh Commandment

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1925

Production Year

1925

Production specifications

date of censorship 22 October 1925

Premiere

premiere 23 October 1925 /suitable for youths/ (kina Orient a Konvikt, Praha)

Production

Astra

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Biografia

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

105 min

Original length in metres

2 988 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,33

Colour

black & white

Sound

silent

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

without dialogue

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Intertitles languages

Czech

Opening/End credits languages

Czech