You Don't Know Hadimrška
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1931Production year
1931Premiere
16 October 1931Runtime
87 minCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
To neznáte HadimrškuCzech title
To neznáte HadimrškuEnglish title
You Don't Know HadimrškaProtectorate parallel title
Unter GeschäftsaufsichtSummary
Vlasta Burian had already appeared successfully in the theatre as the hero of Ernst Bach's comedy. It was therefore logical that he would be chosen for the film version of the story about the comptroller Popelec Hadimrška, particularly when the film was being directed by Karel Lamač and Martin Frič, who were able to cope with the difficulties of a talkie film, which was a technical innovation at the time. In the lead role of a banking official who tries to help Zlatník, the young owner of a record company, get out of debt, the popular comic proved his worth with his usual brand of unrestrained comical ferocity (which works even in the German version of the movie, which was made at the same time)... As Zlatník’s demanding lover, the cabaret singer Mici Angora, the soubrette Meda Valentová also benefited from the possibilities offered by a talkie film. Other roles in the popular movie were taken by actors who regularly helped maintain Burian's high standards – Jaroslav Marvan, Čeněk Šlégl, and Eman Fiala.
Synopsis
Hadimrška, an auditor, is sent to Prague. He is to reorganise Mr Zlatník's gramophone company so that it can repay its debts to the bank. The young owner has brought the company to the brink of bankruptcy by promoting the career of cabaret singer Mici Angora. Zlatník is hoping his financial straits will be resolved by marriage to Asta, daughter of the wealthy consul Vieland. He does not realise that Asta is not blindly longing for marriage and has joined the company incognito as a secretary. Zlatník ends his relationship with Mici and Asta falls in love with him. The uncompromising Hadimrška gets down to work: he decides to sell the villa that Zlatník bought Mici. Hadimrška becomes unexpectedly popular when Mici changes the words of one of her cabaret songs to include his name. When Hadimrška goes to seize the singer's villa, his nerve fails him. His suit soaked with water in a shower-bath, he is forced to flee in a woman's negligée, and the bank fires him. Mici finds a new lover - the consul. The gramophone company's fortunes revive with the new song about Hadimrška. Zlatník asks the consul for his daughter's hand in marriage. Hadimrška returns home in despair, where he is elected mayor on account of his new-found popularity.
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Cast
Vlasta Burian
účetní vrchní revident Popelec Hadimrška/vrchní andělský revident strážný ve snu
Meda Valentová
kabaretní zpěvačka Mici Angora
Otto Rubík
Jiří Zlatník, majitel gramofonové firmy
Jindřich Plachta
Puntík, sluha u Zlatníka/anděl ve snu
Eman Fiala
Vychodil, účetní u Zlatníka
Čeněk Šlégl
konzul J. Wieland
Marie Grossová
Asta Wielandová, konzulova dcera
Jaroslav Marvan
Bruckmann, generální ředitel banky Merkur
Josef Novák
ředitel filiálky banky Merkur v Renešově
Viktor Nejedlý
kancelářský zřízenec filiálky banky Merkur v Renešově
Helena Bergeová
uchazečka o místo sekretářky Máňa Nováková
Jan W. Speerger
prodavač u Zlatníka/anděl ve snu/učitel v Renešově
Jindřich Adolf
prodavač u Zlatníka/strážník
Vladimír Borský
prodavač u Zlatníka
Gustav Hrdlička
prodavač u Zlatníka
Josef Kotalík
prodavač u Zlatníka
Přemysl Pražský
prodavač u Zlatníka
Arnold Reimann
prodavač u Zlatníka
Miloslav Svoboda
prodavač u Zlatníka
Antonín Šolc
prodavač u Zlatníka
Emanuel Trojan
prodavač u Zlatníka
Marie Kopecká
prodavačka u Zlatníka
Zdenka Palečková-Maschová
prodavačka u Zlatníka
Světla Svozilová
nevěsta s milionem Aloisie, Zlatníkova sestřenice
Josef Rovenský
kapesní zloděj
Jan Richter
vyšetřující komisař
Josef Rajský
policejní úředník
Otto Heller
strážník
Jan Roth
strážník
Josef Duffek
strážník
Bohumil Langer
sluha u ředitele Bruckmanna v bance Merkur
Vladimír Smíchovský
člen delegace městské rady v Renešově
František Lašek
člen delegace městské rady v Renešově
Alfred Schlesinger
člen delegace městské rady v Renešově
Karel Jičínský
svatý Petr ve snu
Alfred Baštýř
anděl ve snu
Karel Němec
anděl ve snu
Felix Kühne
židovský anděl ve snu
František Černý
tlustý vězeň
Markéta Bergeová
služebná u Angory
Lída Theimerová
zpěvačka v kabaretu Flora
Ada Dohnal
číšník v kabaretu Flora
Filip Balek-Brodský
občan v Renešově
František Jerhot
občan v Renešově
František Říha
občan v Renešově/zákazník u Zlatníka
Milka Balek-Brodská
občanka v Renešově
Eliška Jílková
občanka v Renešově
Roza Schlesingerová
občanka v Renešově
Emil Dlesk
zákazník u Zlatníka
Crew and creators
Director
Karel Lamač, Martin Frič (režijní spolupráce)
Assistant Director
Based on
Franz Robert Arnold (Pod dozorem věřitelů /Unter Geschäftsaufsicht/ – divadelní hra), Ernst Bach (Pod dozorem věřitelů /Unter Geschäftsaufsicht/ – divadelní hra)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Costumes
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Cooperation
Jan Roth (vrchní osvětlovač), Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Songs
To neznáte Hadimršku, děvčata /To neznáte Hadimršku/ (pochod)
Song Composer Jára Beneš
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav MottlFráňa Vodička
Singer Vlasta BurianMeda Valentová
Píseň psacího stroje (slowfox)
Song Composer Jára BenešFerry GyulaiJan Stark
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav MottlFráňa Vodička
Singer Marie GrossováLída Theimerová
Mě koupali co děcko v horké lázni (foxtrot)
Song Composer Jára BenešBedřich Kerten
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav MottlFráňa Vodička
Singer Vlasta Burian
Růžové psaníčko (foxtrot)
Song Composer Jára Beneš
Writer of Lyrics Emanuel BrožíkFráňa Vodička
Production info
Original Title
To neznáte Hadimršku
Czech Title
To neznáte Hadimršku
English Title
You Don't Know Hadimrška
Protectorate Parallel Title
Unter Geschäftsaufsicht
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1931
Production Year
1931
Production specifications
date of censorship 09/1931
date of censorship 06/1937 (konec povolení k promítání 1942)
withdrawal from distribution 1 June 1940
date of censorship 06/1940 (neschváleno do distribuce)
date of censorship 7 March 1941 (omezená distribuce; konec povolení k promítání 30. 5. 1941)
withdrawal from distribution 30 May 1941
projection approval 1968
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1987
Premiere
premiere 16 October 1931 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Adria /4 týdny/, Fénix /6 týdnů/ a Hvězda /4 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 03/1941 /unsuitable for youths/ (omezená distribuce bez projekcí v Praze, Brně, Ostravě a Plzni)
renewed premiere 12 July 1968 /suitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Elekta (původní 1931 a obnovená 1941), Ústřední půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1968)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
87 min
Original length in metres
2 479 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,19
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Tobis – Klang
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
