The Undertaker (1932)
An employee of the funeral home Pleticha calls his superior. He overhears that he is supposed to buy a wedding gift and deliver it to his boss's relatives. He therefore sets off to the given address to organize the funeral. When the mistake is explained, Pleticha, in return for the entertainment, performs dances and songs of various nations for the wedding guests. One of the guests, grandfather Boleslav Hnipírdo, experienced a train collision near Vrňany on his way to Prague. Since he was not injured, he does not even want to ask for compensation. Pleticha takes advantage of this and goes to the railway headquarters with his leg bandaged. He pretends to be Hnipírdo and is questioned in detail about his journey. Thanks to his talkativeness, he reveals, among other things, that he jumped on a moving train, drove illegally, spat on the window and tore off the emergency brake...
Director:
Karel Lamač
Writer:
Václav Wasserman
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Vlasta Burian as zaměstnanec pohřebního ústavu Vendelín Pleticha a falešný Boleslav Hnipírdo |
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Theodor Pištěk as vrchní železniční rada Klapka |
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Josef Rovenský as Boleslav Hnipírdo, švagr paní Plicové |
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Betty Kysilková as teta Františka Plicová |
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Růžena Šlemrová as nevěsta Anna Plicová, neteř paní Plicové |
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Jan Sviták as řidič Franz, milenec Anny Plicové |
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Čeněk Šlégl as ženich Anny Plicové |
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Lída Baarová as paní Rozmarová |
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Jaroslav Marvan as otec svedené dívky ženichem |
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Martin Frič as kancelista na inspektorátu drah |
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Milka Balek-Brodská as švagrová paní Plicové |
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Vladimír Beztahovský as |
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Jan Richter as |
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Jarmila Svatá as |
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Jan W. Speerger as |
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Viktor Nejedlý as |
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Emil Dlesk as |
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Václav Menger as |
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Antonín Jirsa as |
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Mario Karas as |
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Jindřich Edl as |
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Karel Němec as |
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Dalibor Pták as |
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Alfred Baštýř as |
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Ferry Seidl as |
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Ladislav Kolda as |
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Ladislav Hemmer as |
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Karel Postranecký as |
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Josef Sládek as |
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Arnold Reimann as |
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František Říha as |
| Sound | Jaroslav Mottl | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Eman Fiala | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Karel Lamač | Director |
| Camera | Jan Stallich | Director of Photography |
| Art | Hanuš Gödert | Production Design |
| Sound | Josef Zora | Sound |
| Art | Heinz Fenchel | Production Design |
| Writing | Václav Wasserman | Screenplay |
| Camera | Otto Heller | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Antonín Zelenka | Editor |
| Production | Ladislav Kolda | Production Manager |
| Sound | Helmuth Neumann | Sound |
| Writing | Jaroslav Mottl | Lyricist |
