Three Steps from the Body
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1934Production year
1934Premiere
24 August 1934Runtime
106 minDirector
Svatopluk InnemannCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Tři kroky od tělaCzech title
Tři kroky od tělaEnglish title
Three Steps from the BodySynopsis
Eternal students Tommy Fikejs and Ferda Říha are flat broke. Their only hope is Tommy's uncle, a millionaire and automobile magnate who lives abroad - but he does not reply to their requests for help. On the day of most abject poverty a notary brings word of their uncle's death and brings the will. Tommy will inherit a great fortune if he marries his cousin Aluška. But if he or Aluška refuses to marry only of them will get the inheritance. They are to meet for the first time in Cannes. Aluška arrives with her aunt, a woman in the best years, who has been fighting men off since her late husband's death. Aluška and Tommy both separately decide to put the other off with their unattractive appearance and conduct, but when they chance to meet on the beach they fall for each other straight away and marriage is in the air. But there will be no inheritance: the notary turns out to have been the rich uncle himself who just wanted to have a laugh at his relatives' expense. As a wedding present he gives them toy cars.
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Cast
Karel Lamač
Tommy Fikejs
Truda Grosslichtová
Aluška Králová, Tommyho sestřenice
Věra Skalská
Berta Králová, Aluščina teta
František Paul
Ferda Říha
Antonín Holzinger
notář a posléze bohatý strýček
Jaroslav Marvan
předseda spolku věřitelů
Čeněk Šlégl
flamendr a posléze uprchlý trestanec
Přemysl Pražský
policejní komisař Monier
Jára Kohout
námořník v krčmě
Jan W. Speerger
francouzský strážník
Kamila Rosenkranzová
bytná Pelikánová
Karel Postranecký
vrátný v hotelu
Rudolf Jung
muž se systémem v herně
Josef Kotalík
hotelový detektiv Burton
Elsa Vetešníková
děvče v krčmě
Robert Ford
hráč
F. X. Mlejnek
věřitel
Antonín Jirsa
věřitel
František Jerhot
věřitel
Ladislav Hemmer
host v baru
Josef Zezulka
policejní fotograf
Květa Horská
komorná
Irena Ardenová
návštěvnice herny
Eduard Ševčík
návštěvník herny
Josef Cikán
návštěvník herny
Julius Baťha
návštěvník herny
Emil Dlesk
apač
Jindřich Fiala
manžel Berty Králové
Růžena Pokorná
návštěvnice krčmy
Karel Kahlenbacher
návštěvník krčmy
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Set Designer
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Songs
Vaše oči v srdci mám /Vaše oči.../ (slowfox)
Song Composer Jára Beneš
Writer of Lyrics Karel TobisJaroslav Mottl
Singer Karel LamačTruda Grosslichtová
Námořnická píseň /Marietta/ (foxtrot)
Song Composer Jára Beneš
Writer of Lyrics Karel TobisJaroslav Mottl
Singer Jára Kohout
Production info
Original Title
Tři kroky od těla
Czech Title
Tři kroky od těla
English Title
Three Steps from the Body
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1934
Production Year
1934
Production specifications
start of filming 7 March 1934 (ateliéry)
end of filming 17 March 1934 (ateliéry)
date of censorship 04/1934
withdrawal from distribution 04/1940
date of censorship 04/1940 (neschváleno do distribuce)
Premiere
premiere 24 August 1934 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Avion /2 týdny/, Hollywood /2 týdny/ a Praha /2 týdny/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
106 min
Original length in metres
3 006 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,19
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Tobis – Klang
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech, French
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
