The Club of Three

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1935

Production year

1935

Premiere

26 December 1935

Runtime

80 min

Category

film

Genre

melodrama

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Klub tří

Czech title

Klub tří

English title

The Club of Three

Synopsis

Richard Holan is challenged to a bet in the Social Club. He is to become a member of the Club of Three. This is an exclusive club whose condition of membership is the ownership of a blue pearl, which is not available for purchase, for it is not on the market. Holan's friend Vláďa meets in a Paris jeweler's the owner of a necklace of blue pearls, the chanteuse Daria Rovinská, who is to have a performance in Prague. According to her the three missing pearls of the necklace are in good hands. Holan poses as a journalist and visits Daria in the theatre. He succeeds in clipping the string of pearls and appropriating one of them. Upon his coming to the Club of Three he learns that the club is composed of Daria's former lovers, each of whom received a pearl on the occasion of their separation. Richard wants to give up his membership and return the pearl. But Daria has fallen in love with him and he is afraid that she would not present him with a pearl as a token of their separation. He conceals his theft from her for only a short time. When the irate Daria learns of the bet she goes to find out for certain whether or not Richard is in reality a member of the Club of Three. She discovers, however, that he has honourably declared his losing the wager. Daria decides to disband the club and leaves for Richard.

Cast

Nelly Gaierová

herečka Daria Rovinská

Ladislav Brom

vyslanecký tajemník Richard Holan

Bedřich Veverka

Vláďa Zlonický, Richardův přítel

Ferry Mandaus

vojenský atašé Radkovič

Bedřich Vrbský

hráč pan X

Věra Ferbasová

Vláďova milenka

Antonín Holzinger

divadelní ředitel

Jan Richter

redaktor

Zdeněk Tůma (2)

hráč rulety

Jiří Dědek

hráč rulety

Max Burton

hráč rulety

Robert Ford

klenotník Kern

Josef Werner

sluha u Richarda Holana

Gustav Hrdlička

divadelní maskér

Králová

garderobiérka herečky Rovinské

Karel Hradilák

majordomus Klubu tří

Josef Kotalík

policejní úředník

Jaroslav Tryzna

vrchní strážmistr

Nora Stallich

hráč karet

Willy Bauer

klenotník

Leopold Horešovský

krupiér rulety

Dubbing

L. H. Struna

hlas tiskaře

Crew and creators

Assistant Director

Karel Šilhánek

Screenstory

Oldřich Kmínek

Director of Photography

Jan Roth

Production Designer

A. L. Salač

Film Editor

Marie Bourová

Sound Designer

Antonín Kopřiva

Cooperation

Antonín Frič (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Josef Dobeš

Songs

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Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics Ladislav Brom
Singer Nelly Gaierová

Štěstí a krásné ženy

Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics Ladislav Brom
Singer Ladislav Brom

Production info

Original Title

Klub tří

Czech Title

Klub tří

English Title

The Club of Three

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

melodrama

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1935

Production Year

1935

Production specifications

start of filming 14 January 1935
end of filming 22 January 1935
date of censorship 04/1935
withdrawal from distribution 1 June 1940
date of censorship 08/1940 (neschváleno do distribuce)

Premiere

premiere 26 December 1935 /unsuitable for youths/

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Primus

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

80 min

Original length in metres

2 270 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,19

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Philipsonor

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech