F. X. Svoboda’s comedy drama was first adapted for film by Martin Frič (Poslední muž [The Last Man]) in 1934, with Hugo Haas starring in the title role. The popular production was then brought to cinemas once again 13 years later under the direction of Vladimír Slavínský. The lead this time was played by Jaroslav Marvan. He depicted both the uptight family tyrant Bořivoj Kohout and his easygoing twin brother Jaroslav. Implored by the suitor of Bořivoj’s daughter, Jaroslav agrees to teach his brother a lesson. Following a conflict in a circus involving big cats and their tamer, Bořivoj ends up in an asylum and the quick-thinking twin can only get him out by swapping places with him. The short-tempered moraliser thus learns at last about the preposterousness of his ideas of family order as well as about how he is perceived by his closest ones... Marvan was joined in this light movie by co-stars including Meda Valentová and Soňa Červená.
The antiquarian Bořivoj Kohout puts great effort into keeping his wife and children - two daughters and a son - under strict control. His daughter Zdeňka's suitor Bečvář intends to conquer his tyranny and thus help the family towards a more peaceful life and pave the way towards his marriage to Zdeňka. For him to succeed requires a lot of painstaking work. Meanwhile, Bořivoj Kohout's brother Jaroslav wants to appease his principled brother and travels to Prague to see him. At the circus Bořivoj tries to stop a production being organized by the lion-tamers. As the chairman of an association for the protection of animals he wants to put an end to such maltreatment. He is taken to a hospital for nervous disorders since no-one believes that a healthy person could act the way he does. Bečvář contacts Jaroslav Kohout and they try to have Bořivoj released from the institution. The price for this help is an exchange of role - Jaroslav remains in the hospital instead of Bořivoj, and Bořivoj, who looks identical to his brother, returns home as Jaroslav. This change of identity enables Bořivoj to discover the true situation in his family and the views of his wife and children on his tyrannical behaviour. This recognition cures him of his dictatorial ways, and peace and mutual understanding finally return to the family circle.
This theme had already been treated in a Czech film under the title The Last Man (directed by Martin Frič, 1934).
Bořivoj Kohout/Jaroslav, Bořivojův bratr
Kohoutová, Bořivojova žena
Helena, Bořivojova dcera
Zdeňka, Bořivojova dcera
Jaroslav, Bořivojův syn
Antonín, Bořivojův pomocník
Ing. Karel Bečvář, Zdeňčin snoubenec
dr. Marek, Helenin snoubenec
služebná Baruška
profesor
ošetřovatel Petr
simulant Viktor
ředitel cirkusu
Tonča Vacková
zřízenec cirkusu
lékař v sanatoriu
zřízenec v sanatoriu
zřízenec v sanatoriu
žena se psem
žena s kočkou
krotitel šelem
zřízenec v cirkuse
kočí
žena ve vlaku
aukcionář
přihazovatel
biletář v cirkusu
návštěvník u starožitníka
muž na plaveckém stadionu
člen spolku pro ochranu zvířat
jednatel spolku
člen výboru spolku
mladík na plaveckém stadionu
F. X. Svoboda (Poslední muž – divadelní hra)
Willy Ströminger (fotograf), Bedrník (fotograf)
Bernhard Flies (Ukolébavka /Schlafe, mein Prinzchen/)
FISYO (Music Conducted by Milivoj Uzelac)
Poslední mohykán
Poslední mohykán
The Last of the Mohicans
film
featuretheatrical distribution
comedy
Czechoslovakia
1947
1947
start of filming 31 March 1947
projection approval 8 August 1947 (konec povolení k promítání 8. 8. 1952)
premiere 5 September 1947 /suitable for youths/ (kina Letka /4 týdny/, Praha /5 týdnů/ a Světozor /3 týdny/, Praha)
Výrobní skupina Karla Feixe, Karel Feix (vedoucí výrobní skupiny)
feature film
94 min
2 679 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,37
black & white
sound
mono
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech
Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů
1947
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Jaroslav Marvan
Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů
1947
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Josef Střecha
Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů
1947
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Jaroslav Mottl
Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů
1947
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Vladimír Slavínský
Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů
1947
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Josef Hlaváč
Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů
1947
Praha / Czechoslovakia