A Step into the Darkness (1938)
A dashing but mysterious man saves a gambler from suicide, crashes the posh party of a prominent industrialist, falls in love with his daughter, and finds himself in a web of intrigue revolving around her blackmailing fiance and a gang of counterfeiters.
Director:
Martin Frič
Writers:
František Čáp, Eduard Fiker.
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Adina Mandlová as Eva Haller |
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Rolf Wanka as Ronny |
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Václav Trégl as Valentin the Valet |
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František Smolík as Jan Haller |
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Zvonimir Rogoz as Linde |
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Alena Frimlová as Magda |
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Vítězslav Boček as Fred Baron |
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Theodor Pištěk as Fat Party Guest |
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Růžena Šlemrová as Fat Guest's Wife |
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František Kreuzmann as Henchman Josef |
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František Roland as |
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Gustav Hilmar as Police Kommissar |
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Antonín Jirsa as Henchman-Printer Adolf |
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Petr Lotar as |
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Karel Černý as |
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Jan W. Speerger as |
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L. H. Struna as |
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Václav Suldovský as |
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Jaroslav Sadílek as |
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Jaroslav Bráška as |
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Michel Elaguine as |
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Robert Vyhlídka as |
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Miloš Šubrt as |
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Karel Třešňák as |
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Jiří Schreinzer as |
| Camera | Otto Heller | Director of Photography |
| Writing | František Čáp | Screenplay |
| Directing | Martin Frič | Director |
| Sound | Josef Zora | Sound |
| Editing | Zdeněk Gina Hašler | Editor |
| Writing | Eduard Fiker | Screenplay |
| Directing | Antonín Kubový | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Eduard Fiker | Story |
| Art | Štěpán Kopecký | Production Design |
| Production | Jan Sinnreich | Production Manager |
| Sound | Eman Fiala | Original Music Composer |