Know Your Husband
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1940Production year
1940Premiere
8 November 1940Runtime
95 minDirector
Vladimír SlavínskýCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Poznej svého mužeCzech title
Poznej svého mužeEnglish title
Know Your HusbandParallel title
Erkenne deinen MannSynopsis
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
Ing. Petr Koval
Raoul Schránil
sluha Gustav Troníček
Theodor Pištěk
bankéř Ladislav Čejka
Ella Nollová
hospodyně u Kovala Fanynka
Ferenc Futurista
zahradník Rambousek
Jindřich Láznička
domovník Josef
Vladimír Řepa
Řeřicha
Antonín Holzinger
ředitel hotelu
Karel Veverka
správce velkostatku Josef
Marie Švimberská
panská Tonička
Bolek Prchal
šafář
Jaroslav Tryzna
detektiv
Jiří Koldovský
inspektor Holan
Sláva Grossmann
prokurista Koubek
Vladimír Štros
továrník Marek
Josef Kemr
pikolík
Bohumil Langer
továrník Roubal
Vilém Pruner
MUDr. Dolejší
Jan Otto Schmitt
host v lázních
Miloslav Svoboda
Kovalův spolužák
Rudolf Lampa
Kovalův společník
Jaroslav Sadílek
sluha Jaroslav
Elsa Vetešníková
kuchařka u Kovala
Leopold Horešovský
tajemník bankéře Čejky
Vladimír Růžička
pokladník u bankéře Čejky
Fráňa Vajner
úředník na magistrátě
Karel Dvořák
oddávající úředník
Ada Dohnal
listonoš
Josef Waltner
vrchní v baru
Josef Oliak
host v baru
Marie Oliaková
host v baru
Karel Máj
host v baru
Jaroslav Orlický
host v baru
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Set Designer
Costumes
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Music
Music Composed by
Songs
Bloudím, jen věrný stín jde se mnou
Songwriter 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
Parallel Title
Erkenne deinen Mann
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1940
Production Year
1940
Production specifications
date of censorship 30 October 1940 (kulturně-výchovný)
Premiere
premiere 8 November 1940 /suitable for youths/ (kina Adrie /2 týdny/ a Světozor /2 týdny/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Host Hostivař
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
95 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
