Camel Through the Eye of a Needle

Camel Through the Eye of a Needle
Film poster
Directed by	Hugo Haas Otakar Vávra
Written by	Hugo Haas Otakar Vávra
Based on	Velbloud uchem jehly by František Langer
Produced by	Josef Stein
Starring	Hugo Haas Antonie Nedošinská Jiřina Štěpničková
Cinematography
Edited by	Jan Kohout
Music by	Julius Kalaš
Production company	Moldavia
Distributed by	Moldavia
Release date	January 19, 1937 (1937-01-19)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

Camel Through the Eye of a Needle (Czech: Velbloud uchem jehly) is a 1936 Czech comedy film directed by and starring Hugo Haas.^[1] The title is an allusion to the "eye of a needle" aphorism. It's a second movie adaptation of the play by František Langer after the 1926 film Never the Twain.^[2]

Plot[]

Alík, son of a wealthy chocolate factory owner Adolf Vilím, is set to marry Nina Štěpánková from a wealthy family. But Alík is not interested in Nina. He gets to know the beggar Pešta and his falls in love with his step-daughter Zuzka.

Cast[]

• Hugo Haas as Beggar Josef Pešta
• Antonie Nedošínská as Aloise Peštová
• Jiřina Štěpničková as Zuzka Peštová
• as Adolf Vilím
• as Alík Vilím
• Oldřich Nový as Butler Alfons
• as Secretary
• Růžena Šlemrová as Mrs. Štěpánová
• Adina Mandlová as Nina Štěpánová
• Jindřich Plachta as Pavel Bezchyba
• Jan Pivec as Fred Krupička
• as Nina's friend

See also[]

• Never the Twain (1926)

References[]

External links[]

• Camel Through the Eye of a Needle at IMDb

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