Know Your Husband
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1940Production year
1940Premiere
8 November 1940Runtime
101 minDirector
Vladimír SlavínskýCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Poznej svého mužeCzech title
Poznej svého mužeEnglish title
Know Your HusbandProtectorate parallel title
Erkenne deinen MannWorking title
Poznej svou ženuSynopsis
Landowner Králíček is a kind man but a bad manager. He succeeds in bringing his prosperous estate practically to ruin after the death of his wife. His creditor, the banker Čejka, recommends that he would do well to marry his daughter Helenka. Králíček goes with Helenka to a spa. He makes the acquaintance of engineer Koval who soon asks for Helenka's hand in marriage. Helenka does not love Koval but she agrees to the marriage when her father informs her of their poor financial situation. On the day of the wedding Králíček's son-in-law borrows some money from him and goes off on a business trip. The real engineer Koval, a capable and wealthy man, returns to his Prague villa and discovers that his servant Gustav had stolen his papers and got married using his name. In front of Helenka, whom he does not wish to harm, Koval for the time being pretends to be the servant. The young woman is very kind to him and the staff and Koval himself grows very fond of her. Králíček asks "servant Gustav" to pose as his lord in front of Čejka since he has still not returned. Helenka, however, does not want the young man, whom she now loves, to become a cheat on her account. The "servant" then proves his real identity and Helenka becomes the wife of the real Koval who settles all the debts for his father-in-law. The crook Gustav is arrested.
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Cast
Jaroslav Marvan
velkostatkář František Králíček
Marta Fričová
Helenka, Králíčkova dcera
Jan Pivec
soukromník a finančník Ing. Petr Koval
Raoul Schránil
Gustav Troníček, Kovalův sluha a komorník
Theodor Pištěk
bankéř Ladislav Čejka
Ella Nollová
Fanynka, hospodyně u Kovala
Ferenc Futurista
Rambousek, zahradník u Kovala
Jindřich Láznička
Josef, domovník u Kovala
Vladimír Řepa
Řeřicha, Králíčkův spolužák
Antonín Holzinger
ředitel lázeňského hotelu
Karel Veverka
Josef, správce velkostatku
Marie Švimberská
Tonička, panská u Kovala
Bolek Prchal
šafář na velkostatku
Jaroslav Tryzna
policejní detektiv
Jiří Koldovský
policejní inspektor Holan
Sláva Grossmann
prokurista Koubek, host v lázních
Vladimír Štros
továrník Marek, host v lázních
Josef Kemr
pikolík v lázních
Bohumil Langer
generální ředitel banky Jindřich Roubal, host v lázních
Vilém Pruner
MUDr. Dolejší, Helenčin nápadník
Jindřich Doležal
host v lázních, údajný Ferda Brabenec
Marie Vildová
host v lázních
Jan Otto Schmitt
host v lázních
Miloslav Svoboda
Kovalův spolužák
Rudolf Lampa
Kovalův společník
Jaroslav Sadílek
Jaroslav, sluha u Kovala
Elsa Vetešníková
Terča, kuchařka u Kovala
Leopold Horešovský
tajemník bankéře Čejky
Vladimír Růžička
pokladník u bankéře Čejky
Fráňa Vajner
úředník na magistrátě
Karel Dvořák
oddávající úředník
Marie Geblerová
sekretářka na velkostatku Boženka
Ada Dohnal
listonoš v lázních
Josef Waltner
vrchní číšník v baru
Karel Máj
host v baru
Jaroslav Orlický
host v baru
Filip Balek-Brodský
host v baru
Josef Oliak
host v baru
Marie Oliaková
host v baru
Růžena Kurelová
host v baru
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Set Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Cooperation
Antonín Frič (fotograf), M. Křen (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Mužíkův orchestr
Songs
Bloudím, jen věrný stín jde se mnou (slowfox)
Song Composer Roman Blahník
Writer of Lyrics František Kudrna
Singer Jan Pivec [dab]R. A. Dvorský
Production info
Original Title
Poznej svého muže
Czech Title
Poznej svého muže
English Title
Know Your Husband
Protectorate Parallel Title
Erkenne deinen Mann
Working Title
Poznej svou ženu
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1940
Production Year
1940
Production specifications
start of filming 19 July 1940
end of filming 08/1940
date of censorship 30 October 1940 (kulturně-výchovný)
date of censorship 1943 (predikát „uznáníhodný film“)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
date of censorship 09/1945 (konec povolení k promítání 30. 08. 1946)
withdrawal from distribution 29 May 1947
Premiere
premiere 8 November 1940 /suitable for youths/ (kina Adrie /2 týdny/ a Světozor /2 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 12 August 1945 /suitable for youths/
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
Slavia-film (původní 1940), Státní půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1945)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
101 min
Original length in metres
2 700 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, German
