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.
velkostatkář František Králíček
Helenka, Králíčkova dcera
Ing. Petr Koval
sluha Gustav Troníček
bankéř Ladislav Čejka
hospodyně u Kovala Fanynka
zahradník Rambousek
domovník Josef
Řeřicha
ředitel hotelu
správce velkostatku Josef
panská Tonička
šafář
detektiv
inspektor Holan
prokurista Koubek
továrník Marek
pikolík
továrník Roubal
MUDr. Dolejší
host v lázních
Kovalův spolužák
Kovalův společník
sluha Jaroslav
kuchařka u Kovala
tajemník bankéře Čejky
pokladník u bankéře Čejky
úředník na magistrátě
oddávající úředník
listonoš
vrchní v baru
host v baru
host v baru
host v baru
host v baru
Antonín Frič (fotograf), M. Křen (fotograf)
Song Composer Roman Blahník
Writer of Lyrics František Kudrna
Singer Jan Pivec [dab]R. A. Dvorský
Poznej svého muže
Poznej svého muže
Know Your Husband
Erkenne deinen Mann
film
featuretheatrical distribution
comedy
Czechoslovakia
1940
1940
date of censorship 30 October 1940 (kulturně-výchovný)
projection approval 09/1945 (konec povolení k promítání 30. 08. 1946)
projection approval 08/1946 (neschváleno do distribuce)
premiere 8 November 1940 /suitable for youths/ (kina Adrie /2 týdny/ a Světozor /2 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 12 August 1945 /suitable for youths/
Slavia-film (původní 1940), Státní půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1945)
feature film
95 min
2 700 meters
35mm
1:1,37
black & white
sound
Tobis – Klang
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech, German