Thirteen guests gather at Mayor Bartoš's. They are troubled by the unlucky number and are glad when another guest appears, whose name coincidentally is also Čtrnáctý (Fourteenth). Everything would have been fine, but young Pavel Čtrnáctý caught sight of the mayor's daughter Ema and could not stop himself from kissing her. The girl immediately becomes the centre of gossip. The inquisitive Mrs Linhartová would like to get the bottom of the whole affair, so she invites round everybody who might have some information for her, but unfortunately the number of guests comes to thirteen again. The fourteenth guest is finally found in the Linharts' new librarian. To everyone's surprise, the librarian is Čtrnáctý. That evening, after looking through some rare editions, Pavel disappears. Under the name of Hubert Malina he immediately becomes the perfect valet of an industrialist called Bersecký. After the fiancé of Bersecký's daughter Count Alexy, is accused of theft, Pavel gives an explanation to this and the other strange goings-on. He in fact is a famous detective story writer and was looking for one peculiar last will on behalf of the Club of Detective Story Writers. He managed to fulfil this task as well as win Ema's heart.
Pavel Čtrnáctý alias Hubert Malina
velkostatkář a starosta Jan Bartoš
Bartošova žena Julie
Ema, dcera Bartošových
dr. Viktorin, Pavlův přítel
velkoprůmyslník Karel Bersecký
Berseckého žena
Lydie, dcera Berseckých
hrabě Quido Alexy, snoubenec Lydie
Bibi, Alexyho přítelkyně
babička Hedvika
generální ředitel Rudolf Linhart
Linhartova žena Eli
Kilián Vaverka, bratr Julie Bartošové
Holá
tajemník Kamenec
komorná u Berseckých Monika
Betty
služka u Bartošů Marie
host u Bartošů
host u Bartošů
host u Bartošů
host u Bartošů
dr. Malina
komorník Filip
komorná u Linhartových
houslista
detektiv
host u Berseckých
člen klubu detektivních spisovatelů Stopa
člen klubu detektivních spisovatelů Stopa
člen klubu detektivních spisovatelů Stopa
Ossi Oswalda (Der Vierzehnte am Tisch)
Jaroslav Balzar (fotograf), Karel Hájek (fotograf)
Song Composer Julius Kalaš
Writer of Lyrics Karel Hrnčíř
Singer Oldřich Nový
Song Composer Julius Kalaš
Čtrnáctý u stolu
Čtrnáctý u stolu
The Fourteenth at the Table
Der Vierzehnte bei Tisch
film
featuretheatrical distribution
detective, comedy
Czechoslovakia
1943
1943
date of censorship 14 September 1943 (predikát „uznáníhodný film“)
projection approval 26 November 1945 (konec povolení k promítání 28. 11. 1946)
projection approval 22 November 1946 (konec povolení k promítání 28. 11. 1947)
projection approval 1947 (neschváleno do distribuce)
premiere 24 September 1943 /suitable for youths/ (kina Adria /3 týdny/, Kapitol /3 týdny/ a Lucerna /3 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 14 December 1945 /suitable for youths/
Lucernafilm (původní 1943), Státní půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1945)
feature film
85 min
2 422 meters
35mm
1:1,37
black & white
sound
Tobis – Klang
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech, German