Three Boiled Eggs
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1937Production year
1937Premiere
24 September 1937Runtime
85 minDirector
Martin FričCategory
filmGenre
detective, comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Tři vejce do sklaCzech title
Tři vejce do sklaEnglish title
Three Boiled EggsProtectorate parallel title
Drei Eier im GlasSummary
After a two-year hiatus, Vlasta Burian returned to the screen in 1937 in a film in which the popular actor was supported by his tried-and-trusted collaborators – screenwriter Václav Wasserman and director Martin Frič. In the “sensational” plot, he was given his favoured comic role as a police employee Vincenc Babočka, who gives vent to his neglected crime-fighting ambitions while on holiday in Karlovy Vary. Thanks to his likeness to an adventurer called Weber, Babočka gets an opportunity to expose a criminal who intends to steal diamonds from the maharajah of Yohir. The character of the real Weber and Babočka’s disguise as Prince Nariškin provided Burian with the chance to play various characters with no holds barred. Other roles in this movie, which was a big hit with audiences, were played by Jaroslav Marvan, Čeněk Šlégl, and Antonín Novotný.
Synopsis
Vincenc Babočka is an unimportant employee at a police station. In his spare time he plays at being a detective because he feels his talents are not sufficiently exercised. On holiday in Karlovy Vary there is a case of mistaken identity and Babočka is taken to be Leon Weber, an international adventurer wanted by the police. He makes the most of his chance in the limelight and he remains in disguise so that he can expose Weber's accomplices who are plotting to steal the Maharajah of Yohir's diamonds. Babočka gets acquainted with the maharajah according to Weber's plan disguised as prince Nariškin. The situation is complicated by the arrival in Karlovy Vary of Weber himself. Babočka's disguise is so good that the accomplices are not even sure who their boss really is. Babočka then discovers that the maharajah is not who he claims to be. Babočka manages to get all the swindlers onto an aeroplane together and then he parachutes out with the stolen diamonds. He calls the police who wait at the airport to pick up the crooks.
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Cast
Vlasta Burian
detektiv Vincenc Babočka/ruský kníže Nariškin/mezinárodní dobrodruh Leon Weber
Rudolf Kadlec
mahárádža z Yohiru
Karel Dostal
mahárádžův sekretář
Helena Bušová
mahárádžova sekretářka Sandra Kotová
Antonín Novotný
van Houden
Bohuš Záhorský
Alois, Weberův komplic
Míla Reymonová
Jiřina, Weberova milenka
Theodor Pištěk
policejní komisař
Jaroslav Marvan
lékař
Čeněk Šlégl
učitel zpěvu
Jan W. Speerger
tajný
Josef Steigl
ospalý cestující ve vlaku
Václav Mlčkovský
revizor ve vlaku
Miloš Šubrt
drožkář
Václav Menger
portýr v hotelu
Vladimír Štros
recepční
Karel Jičínský
ředitel hotelu
Emanuel Kovařík
detektiv
Julius Lébl
detektiv
Julius Baťha
detektiv
Václav Piskáček
detektiv
Jindřich Fiala
zloděj
Karel Veverka
komorník u mahárádži
Frank Rose-Růžička
stráž maharadži
Vladimír Pospíšil-Born
obchodník s klenoty
Jaroslav Bráška
obchodník s klenoty
Ada Karlovský
obchodník s klenoty
Marie Oliaková
host v hotelu
Jiří Hojer
detektiv Nick Carter
Josef Zora
detektiv Gaston Lecoq
R. A. Dvorský
klavírista na terase
Melody Boys
orchestr na terase
pes Rolf
Babočkův pes
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Set Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Eman Fiala)
Songs
Já neříkám tak ani tak (foxtrot)
Song Composer Eman Fiala
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav Mottl
Singer Vlasta Burian
Oči černé
Song Composer Eman Fiala
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav Mottl
Singer Vlasta Burian
Pozvala mě jedna kněžna do kiosku
Song Composer Eman Fiala
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav Mottl
Singer Vlasta Burian
Production info
Original Title
Tři vejce do skla
Czech Title
Tři vejce do skla
English Title
Three Boiled Eggs
Protectorate Parallel Title
Drei Eier im Glas
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
detective, comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1937
Production Year
1937
Production specifications
start of filming 14 July 1937
end of filming 12 August 1937
date of censorship 09/1937
date of censorship 01/1940
withdrawal from distribution 1942
withdrawal from distribution 31 July 1993
Premiere
premiere 24 September 1937 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Alfa /3 týdny/, Praha)
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
85 min
Original length in metres
2 420 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Tobis – Klang
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech, English, Russian
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
