Blackmailer
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1937Production year
1937Premiere
26 November 1937Runtime
87 minDirector
Ladislav BromCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
VyděračCzech title
VyděračEnglish title
BlackmailerSynopsis
The Globus textile factories are ruled by the firm hand of the general director Alfred Merhaut, who, however, transfers receipts from the export branch to his secret account in a foreign bank. His system is simple: each clerk working in the department of balances is fired after a short time to keep them from coming across the fraud. Accountant Bašek knows no one and nothing other than drudgery and eternal privation, in addition he is transferred to the feared department. In the department of balances he is witness to the firing of his oldest colleague and then the cup of bitterness overflows. Bašek makes clear his disgust, and so he loses his job as well. Upon leaving, however, he overhears the director speaking about his fears of an unexpected audit. Bašek makes up his mind to act: he steals compromising material. But at home he discovers that he has lost the document in his flight and has mistaken it for another, worthless document. Merhaut in the meantime has no idea of this and fearing the consequences he offers Bašek money and a high position in the firm. Bašek now enjoys life, but the director soon learns that the clerk does not have the material he has feared. Nevertheless, the director is arrested and Bašek returns to his post as an accountant.
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Cast
Vítězslav Boček
účetní Josef Bašek
Adina Mandlová
prodavačka obuvi Máša Lírová
Bedřich Vrbský
továrník Emil Frýbl
Helena Bušová
Olga, Frýblova žena
Jiří Plachý
generální ředitel Globusu Alfred Merhaut
Rudolf Deyl st.
prezident koncernu
Jan S. Kolár
předseda koncernu
František Kreuzmann
advokát JUDr. Piroh
Gustav Hilmar
účetní Globusu Dufek
Ladislav Pešek
medik Petr Hureš
Hermína Vojtová
Nováková, Baškova bytná
Vladimír Pospíšil-Born
šéf účtárny Globusu
František Kovářík
Říha, tajemník ředitele Globusu Merhauta
Jaroslav Sadílek
Krulich, zaměstnanec bilančního oddělení Globusu
Antonín Soukup
číšník v automatu Karel
Jarmila Holmová
panská u Frýblů
Julius Baťha
šéf bilančního oddělení Globusu
Václav Mlčkovský
zaměstnanec Globusu
André Černoušek
zaměstnanec Globusu
Nita Romanečová
zaměstnankyně Globusu
Richard Záhorský
zaměstnanec Globusu
Stanislav Bláha
zaměstnanec Globusu
František Anelt
zaměstnanec Globusu
Jaroslav Bráška
vrátný v Globusu
Františka Mordová
uklízečka v kanceláři Globusu
Marie Pilská
uklízečka v kanceláři Globusu
Miroslav Kryštof-Kutina
vrchní v baru
Ferry Seidl
návštěvník opery
Taťána Kolárová
návštěvnice opery
Karel Veverka
majitel obchodu s obuví
Jiří Hron
tančící host v baru
Jiří Schreinzer
host v baru
M. Nováková
zpěvačka v baru
Dubbing
Václav Mlčkovský
hlas hlasatele z rozhlasu
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Egon Hostovský (Ztracený stín – román)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Set Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Cooperation
Antonín Frič (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Giuseppe Verdi (Aida)
Music Performed by
Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Josef Dobeš)
Songs
A ještě jednou /Hrajte tu písničku našeho mládí/ (foxtrot)
Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics Ladislav Brom
Singer M. Nováková
Kavárna hříchů (tango)
Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics Ladislav Brom
Singer M. Nováková
Production info
Original Title
Vyděrač
Czech Title
Vyděrač
English Title
Blackmailer
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1937
Production Year
1937
Production specifications
start of filming 20 October 1937
date of censorship 11/1937
end of filming 5 November 1937
withdrawal from distribution 01/1941
Premiere
premiere 26 November 1937 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Hollywood /1 týden/ a Hvězda /1 týden/, Praha)
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
87 min
Original length in metres
2 479 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Tobis – Klang
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
