The Gold Key (1922)
Young Matula has succumbed to gambling and he steals money from his parents to finance his passion. His father catches him red-handed and throws him out of the house. Matula roams the world and meets Vávra, also a tramp, who accepts a job as a road-sweeper but he soon dies in a car accident. On his lone wanderings Matula finds a miraculous little key which opens all locks. With its help he acquires a great fortune. He breaks into a bank and steals more money. He then meets the daughter of the cashier who was wrongly accused under suspicion of theft and when he sees her despair, he realises his wrong-doings. Finally he wakes up - it had all been a dream. (According to the censor's certificate).
Director:
Jaroslav Kvapil
Writer:
Jaroslav Kvapil
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Václav Vydra as Matula |
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František Roland as Vávra |
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Olga Augustová as Pavlína |
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Václav Vydra as mladý Matula |
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Marie Ptáková as |
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Olga Scheinpflugová as |
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Jaroslav Vojta as |
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František Kovářík as |
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Alexander Třebovský as |
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Zdeněk Štěpánek as |
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Miloš Vávra as |
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Tadeusz Dura as |
| Directing | Jaroslav Kvapil | Director |
| Art | Bohuslav Šula | Production Design |
| Camera | Karel Kopřiva | Director of Photography |
| Art | Josef Wenig | Production Design |
| Writing | Jaroslav Kvapil | Screenplay |
| Camera | Alfons Weber | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Karel Čapek | Original Story |
