Musketeers of Malá Strana, The

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1932

Production year

1932

Premiere

17 June 1932

Runtime

109 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Malostranští mušketýři

Czech title

Malostranští mušketýři

English title

Musketeers of Malá Strana, The

Synopsis

Three old bachelors live on Kampa Island in Malá Strana - Babánek, Rejsek and Poledne. Babánek had adopted a little orphan, Lojzík, who is now a grown man and, so far, an unsuccessful composer. Kreuzmann, a house owner, rents out a flat to the young doctor Olga. The three friends, without knowing her, decide to get her out of the house. They drive away any prospective patients, thus the only person she treats is Lojzík who had gone to check up on the young woman but had fallen for her instead. When Babánek is wounded, Olga treats him and all the "musketeers" change their opinion of her. But it is too late. Olga, in despair, in debt and no longer capable of finding the strength to fight for her existence, jumps into the river. Fortunately, Rejsek saves her life. The three friends summon her colleague who had studied with her and he offers her work in a sanatorium. Lojzík then manages to break into the theatre with one of his compositions and he becomes famous. Now he is financially secure and is able to declare his feelings for Olga. His love is requited.

Cast

Josef Rovenský

holubář Matěj Babánek

Eman Fiala

sirotek Lojzík

Josef Příhoda

majitel půjčovny loděk Josef Rejsek

Jan Richter

pokrývač a oponář A. Poledne

Theodor Pištěk

majitel pohřebního ústavu Vincenc Kreuzmann

Lída Baarová

MUDr. Olga Wernerová

Jaroslav Marvan

ředitel divadla

Jiřina Šejbalová

subreta Irena

Mirko Eliáš

MUDr. Karel Klíma

Alois Dvorský

sluha u MUDr. Klímy

Kamila Rosenkranzová

posluhovačka u MUDr. Wernerové

Josef Bělský

kapelník Fritz Wohryzek

Ferdinand Jarkovský

rekvizitář Petříček

L. H. Struna

strojník

Antonín Zelenka

elektrikář

Theo Amady

nakladatel

Jan Sviták

zástupce firmy Baum & spol.

Jiří Hron

mixér v Lucerna baru

Jiřina Steimarová

návštěvnice baru

Jan W. Speerger

obsluhovatel propadla

Setleři

pěvecký sbor

Vasil Truchlý

houslista v baru

Max Löffelholz

dirigent jazzového orchestru

František Hurych

stepař

Crew and creators

Assistant Director

František Jerhot

Screenstory

Eman Fiala

Director of Photography

Václav Vích

Sound Designer

Josef Zora

Production Manager

Artur Heller

Cooperation

Willy Ströminger (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Eman Fiala

Music Performed by

Orchestr Maxe Löffelholze

Songs

Život je bloudění

Song Composer Eman Fiala
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav Mottl
Singer Setleři

Jednou snad se všechno změní

Song Composer Eman Fiala
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav Mottl
Singer Jiřina ŠejbalováSetleři

Production info

Original Title

Malostranští mušketýři

Czech Title

Malostranští mušketýři

English Title

Musketeers of Malá Strana, The

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1932

Production Year

1932

Production specifications

date of censorship 06/1932

Premiere

premiere 17 June 1932 /suitable for youths/ (kina Kotva /4 týdny/ a Lucerna /4 týdny/, Praha)

Production

Arko (zadavatel), Meissner

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Meissner

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

109 min

Original length in metres

3 110 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,19

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Tobis – Klang

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech