The Going's Better with Two
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1928Production year
1928Premiere
9 November 1928Runtime
126 minDirector
Svatopluk InnemannCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Ve dvou se to lépe táhneCzech title
Ve dvou se to lépe táhneEnglish title
The Going's Better with TwoSynopsis
The writer Matěj Kuděj is having financial problems and he decides to leave town and go with his friend Jaroslav to the country. They set off without any particular destination in mind and, on the way, they come across a rich factory-owner and his daughter accompanied by her fiancé Ludvík. The factory-owner is immediately enchanted by the two writers' unusual sense of humour; Jaroslav, in turn, is captivated by the charm of his daughter. Before their return to town, he writes her a letter in which he tells her of his feelings. At the station Matěj and Jaroslav become acquainted with Mr Pitlík - a rich Czech-American - and his daughter Norma. He invites them both to his villa. There, Matěj and Jaroslav discover that Mr Pitlík is a life-long friend of the factory owner. During the night they are witness to a jewel theft and they identify the perpetrator - it is the fiance of the entrepreneur's daughter, Ludvík. They leave soon after this embarrassing incident but again meet up at a masked ball where Jaroslav intends asking for the hand in marriage of the factory owner's daughter. The film ends with a wedding and Matěj receives some money from Pitlík.
Photos
Cast
Ferenc Futurista
Matěj Kuděj
Jára Kohout
Jaroslav Hašek
Josef Novák
Čechoameričan milionář Pitlík
Bronislava Livia
Pitlíkova neteř Norma Líná
Mario Karas
podvodný nápadník
Slávka Tauberová
továrníkova dcera
Rudolf Nížkovský
továrník Ludvík
Josef Kobík
hospodský
Vojta Merten
hospodský v čapce
Ada Karlovský
komorník
Josef Loskot
karbaník
Alois Dvorský
žebrák
Jindřich Plachta
starosta města
Antonín Šolc
člen městské rady
František Černý
člen městské rady
Vladimír Slavínský
člen městské rady
Přemysl Pražský
policejní komisař
Václav Pecián
četník
Jindřich Fiala
žalářník
Josef Zezulka
strážník
Fanda Mrázek
podomek ve vile
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Based on
Zdeněk Matěj Kuděj (Ve dvou se to lépe táhne – humoreska)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Make-Up Artist
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Production info
Original Title
Ve dvou se to lépe táhne
Czech Title
Ve dvou se to lépe táhne
English Title
The Going's Better with Two
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1928
Production Year
1928
Production specifications
date of censorship 30 October 1928
date of censorship 04/1933 (konec povolení k promítání 1938)
Premiere
premiere 9 November 1928 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Louvre /1 týden/, Orient /1 týden/, Radio /1 týden/ a Světozor /1 týden/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
126 min
Original length in metres
3 600 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
