The Thief

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1919

Production year

1919

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Original title

Zloděj

Czech title

Zloděj

English title

The Thief

Synopsis

The tradesman Kulajda is having lunch and is maddened by an article he is reading about an audacious theft. He decides to track the thief down on his own. After he leaves the flat, his wife hurries off to see her admirer, the baron. They meet in the Chotka gardens. The baron invites her to his flat but his offer is turned down. The baron then steals into the home of his beloved, puts the servant to sleep and waits for Mrs. Kulajda to return home. The self-styled detective Kulajda is meanwhile thrown out of a robber's pub where he had been making his inquiries. His wife returns home and gets changed in front of the mirror. Her admirer is hiding behind the curtain. She is about to give in to his gentle charms but her husband returns. The baron hides on the balcony. The robbers find the baron's purse and jacket on the pavement outside the house. The husband discovers the seducer and the cunning man pretends that he has been sleepwalking. The husband gives him back his jacket and even feels sorry for him.

Cast

Josef Vošalík

obchodník Kulajda

Míla Pačová

Kulajdová, obchodníkova žena

Čeněk Šlégl

baron Malenický, ctitel Kulajdové

Thea Červenková

služebná u Kulajdů

Adolf Dobrovolný

telefonující pán

Crew and creators

Director of Photography

Josef Brabec

Production info

Original Title

Zloděj

Czech Title

Zloděj

English Title

The Thief

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1919

Production Year

1919

Production

Slaviafilm

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Slaviafilm

Technical info

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,33

Colour

tinting, black & white

Sound

silent

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

without dialogue

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Intertitles languages

Czech

Opening/End credits languages

Czech