The World Where One Goes Begging
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1938Production year
1938Premiere
17 June 1938Runtime
81 minDirector
Miroslav CikánCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Svět kde se žebráCzech title
Svět kde se žebráEnglish title
The World Where One Goes BeggingSynopsis
The one-armed beggar Dostál has been begging on a Prague street for many years. One of his regular benefactors is the young lawyer Neprosil. Not far away Dostál's foster-daughter Zorka sells fried bread. She is in love with Neprosil. When Dostál finds out Neprosil is badly off he offers him a job. He shows him his luxurious apartment behind the poorly furnished cramped living room and asks him to buy the whole building for him. After many years of hard begging Dostál has amassed enough capital to allow himself a rest. Neprosil rents a room in the building. Zorka and the lawyer secretly become lovers. The old beggar, now landlord, would like to see the youngsters together, but his clumsy interventions only cause the affair to remain clandestine - even once Zorka realises she is pregnant. It is only when Neprosil and Dostál argue that the latter discovers he is to be a grandfather. The two men get drunk together out of happiness.
Note
The film was presented at the 6th Venice Film Festival, 1938.
Photos
Cast
Hugo Haas
žebrák-milionář Josef Dostál
Marie Glázrová
prodavačka v automatu Zorka Náhlíková, Dostálova schovanka
Ladislav Boháč
advokát JUDr. Václav Neprosil
Vlasta Hrubá
prodavačka v automatu Máňa
František Kreuzmann
kancelářský sluha Alois Řeřicha
Milada Smolíková
vdova Slabá
Jan W. Speerger
zedník
František Roland
rada Bureš
Ella Nollová
domovnice
Sylvie Havránková
Albína
L. H. Struna
Albínin muž
Jarmila Beránková
prodavačka v automatu
Vladimír Hlavatý
exekutor
Vilém Pruner
exekutor
Josef Gruss
kamelot
Jan Pivec
strážník
Stanislav Neumann
konkurenční žebrák
František Černý
blahobytný pán v bufetu
Milena Velíšková
prodavačka v automatu
Hermína Vojtová
žebračka Šavrdová
Eliška Kuchařová
malá žebračka
Jiří Schreinzer
zákazník v bufetu
Josef Sládek
vrchní v kavárně
Bolek Prchal
advokát
Jiřina Sedláčková
blondýnka dávající almužnu
Marie Bibikoffová
dívka ve světlém kloboučku
Eduard Blažek
prodavač knih
Miloslav Krutský
prodavač kravat
Alois Vojtíšek
prodavač tažebních listin
Karel Vintika
prodavač manikur
Antonín Šolc
host v kavárně
Karolína Vávrová
květinářka
Olga Brožová
prodavačka v automatu
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Edmond Konrád (Kde se žebrá – divadelní hra)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Set Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Svatební pochod)
Music Performed by
Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Miloš Smatek)
Production info
Original Title
Svět kde se žebrá
Czech Title
Svět kde se žebrá
English Title
The World Where One Goes Begging
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1938
Production Year
1938
Production specifications
start of filming 1 May 1938
end of filming 12 May 1938
date of censorship 06/1938
withdrawal from distribution 11 November 1938
date of censorship 10/1939 (neschváleno do distribuce)
date of censorship 11/1946 (neschváleno do distribuce)
projection approval 1964
withdrawal from distribution 30 September 1971
Premiere
premiere 17 June 1938 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Lucerna /3 týdny/ a Pasáž /3 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 14 August 1964 /suitable for youths/
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
AB (původní 1938), Ústřední půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1964)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
81 min
Original length in metres
2 320 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Tobis – Klang
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
