Fourteen at the Table

Fourteen at the Table (Czech:Ctrnáctý u stolu) is a 1943 Czech film directed by Oldřich Nový and and starring Karel Höger, and .^[1]

It was made in German-occupied Czechoslovakia, where a Czech-language cinema continued to exist. The screenplay was based on a story by the retired German silent film actress Ossi Oswalda. The film's sets were designed by the art director .

Plot[]

13 guests meet at the home of Mayor Bartoš. They are disturbed by the number, so they hope and wait for another guest to appear. A 14th guest does arrive, with the coincidental name of Fourteen (Ctrnáctý ). Everything would be fine, but when detective Pavel Čtrnáctý looks at the mayor's daughter, Ema, he cannot resist her charm. The girl suddenly becomes the subject of gossip.

Cast[]

• Karel Höger as Pavel Ctrnáctý
• as Bartos
• as Bartosová
• as Ema
• as Dr. Viktorin
• Karel Dostal as Bersecký
• Růžena Šlemrová as Bersecká
• as Lydie
• Raoul Schránil as Alexy
• Jiřina Petrovická as Bibi
• as Hedvika, grandmother
• Zvonimir Rogoz as Linhart
• as Linhartová
• František Filipovský as Kilián
• as Holá
• as Chambermaid
• as Betty
• as Bersecký's Guest
• as Chambermaid

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links[]

• Fourteen at the Table at IMDb

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