Muži v offsidu
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Muži v offsidu | |
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Directed by | Svatopluk Innemann |
Written by | |
Based on | Muži v offsidu by Karel Poláček |
Starring | Hugo Haas |
Cinematography | Václav Vích |
Edited by | Svatopluk Innemann |
Music by | Eman Fiala |
Production company | A-B |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes[1] |
Country | Czechoslovakia |
Language | Czech |
Muži v offsidu is a 1931 Czech sports comedy film directed by Svatopluk Innemann based on a novel by Karel Poláček.[2]
Production[]
Karel Poláček's comedic novel was a bestseller in Czechoslovakia. The movie was made only because there was an open timeslot with no production planned in Barrandov studios that needed to be filled. Director Innemann read the book and the screenplay was finished just a week later.[3] Josef Rovenský was considered for the role of Načeradec, but Poláček insisted his friend Hugo Haas should play the part.[3]
Cast[]
- Hugo Haas as Richard Načeradec
- as Hedvika Načeradcová
- as Uncle Ignác Kauders
- Jindřich Plachta as Tailor Emanuel Habásko
- Eman Fiala as Eman Habásek
- as Widow Ouholičková
- Theodor Pištěk as Barber Alois Šefelín
- as Šefelín's wife
- Jiřina Štěpničková as Seamstress Emilka Šefelínová
- Jaroslav Vojta as Antonín Hátle
- Růžena Šlemrová as Fashion salon owner Šmalfusová
Reception[]
The film was commercially very successful. It was the third most attended film of 1931 in Czechoslovakia after Karel Lamač's Business Under Distress and Ernst Lubitsch's The Smiling Lieutenant.[4] It made Hugo Hass a star overnight.[3]
Sequel[]
In 1932 a sequel was made by Gustav Machatý.
References[]
- ^ "Muži v offsidu". Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "Men Offside". Filmový přehled. NFA. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Muži v offsidu: Jak vznikl film, který udělal hvězdu z Huga Haase?". lifee.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Szczepanik, Petr (2009). Konzervy se slovy. Počátky zvukového filmu a česká mediální kultura 30. let. Host. p. 316. ISBN 978-80-7294-316-6.
External links[]
- 1931 films
- Czech-language films
- Czech films
- Czech sports comedy films
- Czechoslovak films
- Czechoslovak black-and-white films
- 1930s sports comedy films
- Czech association football films
- 1931 comedy films
- 1930s Czech film stubs
- 1930s comedy film stubs