The Hard Life of an Adventurer
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1941Production year
1941Premiere
28 November 1941Runtime
91 minDirector
Martin FričCategory
filmGenre
detective, comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Těžký život dobrodruhaCzech title
Těžký život dobrodruhaEnglish title
The Hard Life of an AdventurerProtectorate parallel title
Schwer ist das AbenteurerlebenWorking title
Dobrodruh / Těžký je život dobrodruhaSynopsis
The writer Karel Kryšpín finishes another adventure story about the gentleman robber Fred Flok. A man turns up in his apartment who claims to be Fred Flok. He refuses to leave the horrified Kryšpín but accompanies him wherever he goes, acting exactly in the manner the writer conceived. Kryšpín meets Helena, a young woman longing to get to know the underworld, and with her the shy writer and Flok have the most incredible adventures. In a factory a young man is arrested for attempted theft committed precisely according to an incident in one of Kryšpín's novels. Helena is abducted by Flok's gang and Kryšpín goes to the docks to save her. On board a boat there is a brawl during which Kryšpín shoots Flok. The writer is taken to the police station. There he meets Fred Flok, alive and well, who introduces himself as police inspector Niklas. He and his colleagues had decided to give Kryšpín a lesson to stop him writing books that glorify criminal.
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Cast
Otomar Korbelář
Fred Flok, alias konzul Binder, alias komisař Niklas, alias Ing. Benda
Ladislav Pešek
spisovatel Karel Kryšpín, uměleckým jménem Charles Crispin
Adina Mandlová
Helena Rohanová
Jaroslav Marvan
policejní inspektor Tichý
Karel Dostal
policejní rada dr. Seidl
Karel Černý
továrník Antonín Bureš
Vladimír Řepa
pokladník u Bureše
Karel Hradilák
sňatkový podvodník Karel
Rudolf Hrušínský
mladistvý lupič
František Filipovský
člen bandy
R. A. Dvorský
zpěvák
Eman Fiala
dirigent
František Paul
vrchní v baru
Karel Postranecký
klenotník Jan Klement
Fred Bulín
falešný právní zástupce firmy Tresoria
Jindra Hermanová
oběť sňatkového podvodníka
Bolek Prchal
strážník
Karel Němec
strážník
Josef Hořánek
telefonující pán
Václav Švec
hospodský U zvonu
Ada Karlovský
detektiv
František Špaček
detektiv
Antonín Jirsa
rváč
František Haller
zloděj
F. X. Mlejnek
karbaník a rváč
Fráňa Vajner
karbaník a rváč
Zurinek
rváč
Josef Svoboda
rváč
Michel Elaguine
telegrafista
Fanda Mrázek
kočébr
Jan W. Speerger
člen Flokovy bandy
Emanuel Kovařík
člen Flokovy bandy
Bohuslav Kubásek
člen Flokovy bandy
František Lašek
člen Flokovy bandy
Ota Motyčka
čtenář Lidových novin
Karel Vlach
saxofonista
Lišáci
pěvecký sbor
Orchestr R. A. Dvorského
orchestr
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Set Designer
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Consultant
Miroslav Haller (jazykový poradce)
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Eman Fiala), Jazzový orchestr Bobka Bryena (Music Conducted by Bobek Bryen)
Songs
Sám já chodívám rád (slowfox)
Song Composer Eman Fiala
Writer of Lyrics Josef Gruss
Singer R. A. Dvorský
Každý musí někdy něco mít (foxtrot)
Song Composer Eman Fiala
Writer of Lyrics Josef Gruss
Singer R. A. DvorskýLišáci
Production info
Original Title
Těžký život dobrodruha
Czech Title
Těžký život dobrodruha
English Title
The Hard Life of an Adventurer
Protectorate Parallel Title
Schwer ist das Abenteurerleben
Working Title
Dobrodruh / Těžký je život dobrodruha
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
detective, comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1941
Production Year
1941
Production specifications
start of filming 4 August 1941
end of filming 09/1941
date of censorship 31 October 1941 (kulturně-výchovný)
date of censorship 1943 (predikát „uznáníhodný film“)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
withdrawal from distribution 31 July 1993
Premiere
premiere 28 November 1941 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Adrie /3 týdny/ a Kapitol /3 týdny/, Praha)
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
91 min
Original length in metres
2 600 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, German
