A rich bachelor, Pavel Haken, tries - with the help of his faithful servant - to escape the courtship of marriageable young ladies. They meet at a ladies' social club. In the cafeteria there, he is helped by the talkative Andula, the daughter of a poor taxi driver. Haken longs for peace and has a secluded weekend villa built for him. The brief silence that followed his mother's departure is interrupted by the inhabitants of a tent camp. The girls from the club have taken advantage of Mrs. Haken's offer and camped on their property, and Andula helps out in the camp kitchen...
Acting
Věra Ferbasová's chaotic charisma steals every scene.
Production
Pre-war Czech studio craft at its playful peak.
Director
Miroslav Cikán
Věra Ferbasová
Andula Mráčková
Hugo Haas
Pavel Haken
Růžena Šlemrová
Pavlova matka
Václav Trégl
sluha u Hakenů Václav
Saša Rašilov
taxikář Mráček, otec Anduly
Stanislav Neumann
Tonda Mráček, bratr Anduly
Milada Smolíková
kuchařka Kristýnka, teta Anduly
Anna Steimarová
ředitelka ženského klubu (T.O.Ž.K.)
Fanda Mrázek
tramp
Gustav Hilmar
ředitel Richard Kalous
Marie Grossová
Kalousova žena
Eva Prchlíková
Gisela, dcera Kalousových
Vlasta Hrubá
Sylvie Šímová
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1938 hit captures the final bloom of Czech interwar cinema before WWII upended the industry.
Hugo Haas would later flee to Hollywood and become a noir director—this is his charmingly opposite origin story.
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