The Eleventh Commandment
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1925Production year
1925Premiere
23 October 1925Runtime
105 minDirector
Václav KubásekCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Jedenácté přikázáníCzech title
Jedenácté přikázáníEnglish title
The Eleventh CommandmentSynopsis
Three friends disrupt the tranquil life of Voborský and his wife. At one time, all three of them had sworn that they would never get married. Voborský is the only one to have broken the oath but he does not want them to find out. Therefore he asks his wife Ema to go and stay with her parents during the visit of his friends. She agrees even though she reminds her husband of the eleventh commandment: Thou shalt not deny your wife! The situation is complicated by the unexpected arrival of his wife's parents and Ema's younger sister Julinka. Voborský therefore introduces his wife as his illegitimate daughter whose mother was supposed to have been his landlady when he was a student. But another student, now a judge, has had a love affair with her, and he now thinks that Ema is his child and wishes to care Another of the friends, a timid professor, falls in love with Julinka. After several humorous incidents, with Julinka's help, Voborský finally confesses that he is married and the friends break off their pact.
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Cast
Hugo Haas
Jiří Voborský
Meda Valentová
Voborského žena Ema
Jiří Hron
profesor Beránek
František Havel
major v. v. Jičínský
Jaroslav Vojta
soudce Emanuel Střela
Josef Vošalík
velitel ostrostřelců Bartoloměj Pecka
Betty Kysilková
Peckova žena Eližběta rozená Vaňousová
Vladimír Majer
Jičínského sluha Vojtěch
Alois Charvát
Emin otec Florián Králíček
Milka Balek-Brodská
Emina matka Veronika Králíčková
Marie Černá
Emina sestra Julinka
Marie Fingerová
služka u Voborských Františka
Alois Mecera
Františčin milý Ferdík
Václav Krejčíř
Emin nejmladší bratr
Jan W. Speerger
trubač ostrostřelců
Jan Richter
pan okresní
Josef Vraný
mydlář Isidor Šňupka, ostrostřelec
Rudolf Jahelka
hostinský
Otto Zahrádka
ostrostřelec
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
František Ferdinand Šamberk (Jedenácté přikázání – divadelní hra)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Cooperation
Fotoatelier Benda (fotograf)
Production info
Original Title
Jedenácté přikázání
Czech Title
Jedenácté přikázání
English Title
The Eleventh Commandment
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1925
Production Year
1925
Production specifications
date of censorship 22 October 1925
Premiere
premiere 23 October 1925 /suitable for youths/ (kina Orient a Konvikt, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
105 min
Original length in metres
2 988 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,33
Colour
black & white
Sound
silent
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
without dialogue
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Intertitles languages
Czech
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
