The World Where One Goes Begging

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1938

Production year

1938

Premiere

17 June 1938

Runtime

81 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Svět kde se žebrá

Czech title

Svět kde se žebrá

English title

The World Where One Goes Begging

Synopsis

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.

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

Ella Nollová

domovnice

L. H. Struna

Albínin muž

Jarmila Beránková

prodavačka v automatu

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

Based on

Edmond Konrád (Kde se žebrá – divadelní hra)

Director of Photography

Jan Stallich

Camera Operator

Jaromír Holpuch

Production Designer

Štěpán Kopecký

Set Designer

František Nestler

Film Editor

Antonín Zelenka

Sound Designer

Josef Zora

Production Manager

Jan Sinnreich

Cooperation

Willy Ströminger (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Miloš Smatek

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

Lucernafilm

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Laboratories

AB

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