The Daniela Case
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1964Production year
1964Premiere
7 May 1965Runtime
51 minDirector
Pavel HášaCategory
filmGenre
spyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionmediumOriginal title
Případ DanielaCzech title
Případ DanielaEnglish title
The Daniela CaseWorking title
Daniela čeká marněSynopsis
Czechoslovak counter-intelligence has for a while been detecting coded numerical messages using the password "Daniela". When the message is decoded it proves to have come from an unidentified agent requesting information about new weapons tests. The armaments factory employs several hundred people, each one of whom could be the spy. The authorities begin meticulous and rigorous surveillance of all the factory workers and visitors. One day, on the border with the German Democratic Republic, a man is found dead after trying to enter Czechoslovakia illegally. The fingerprint data matching and further investigation reveal his identity and his link to the "Daniela" case. The evidence leads to Berlin and then back to Prague and Ústí nad Labem. The police progressively identify further people helping the foreign espionage ring. They lure the German spy into Czechoslovakia. He is closely followed by the Czechoslovak counter-espionage team and leads them to a whole network of spies. He is caught and imprisoned and the tests for the new weapon can now be completed without risk.
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Cast
Václav Fišer
hlavní vyšetřovatel
Jiří Svoboda
mladý vyšetřovatel
Ota Varský
krejčí Josef Němeček
Miroslav Abrahám
agent Klaus Külpe, vlastním jménem Jan Valt
Zdeněk Ornest
inženýr Feigl
Jindřiška Gabriela Preissová
Marie Kratochvílová
Karel Leschinger
Jan Drozd
Alois Plocek
V. Moucha
Commentary
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
František Brychta
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Vítězslav Kurfürst
Consultant
mjr. Vladimír Chylík, Karel Paul
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)
Production info
Original Title
Případ Daniela
Czech Title
Případ Daniela
English Title
The Daniela Case
Working Title
Daniela čeká marně
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
spy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1964
Production Year
1964
Production specifications
projection approval 12 January 1965
withdrawal from distribution 1 September 1974
Premiere
premiere 7 May 1965 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
preview 7 May 1965 (kino Sevastopol /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 14 May 1965 /suitable for youths/ (kina Lucerna /2 týdny/, Varšava /1 týden od 4. 6./, Oko /1 týden od 11. 6./, Kyjev /1 týden od 19. 6./, Flora /1 týden od 25. 6./, Revoluce /½ týdne od 2. 7./, Odboj /½ týdne od 16. 7./, Zvon /½ týdne od 20. 7./ a Ořechovka /½ týdne od 27. 7./, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
medium length film
Duration in minutes
51 min
Original length in metres
1 455 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
