The Undertaker

1932

1h 32m

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Comedy

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...

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Writers

Václav Wasserman(screenplay by)
Jaroslav Mottl(lyricist by)
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Vlasta Burian
zaměstnanec pohřebního ústavu Vendelín Pleticha a falešný Boleslav Hnipírdo
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Theodor Pištěk
vrchní železniční rada Klapka
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Josef Rovenský
Boleslav Hnipírdo, švagr paní Plicové
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Betty Kysilková
teta Františka Plicová
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Růžena Šlemrová
nevěsta Anna Plicová, neteř paní Plicové
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Jan Sviták
řidič Franz, milenec Anny Plicové
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Čeněk Šlégl
ženich Anny Plicové
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Lída Baarová
paní Rozmarová
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Jaroslav Marvan
otec svedené dívky ženichem
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Martin Frič
kancelista na inspektorátu drah
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Milka Balek-Brodská
švagrová paní Plicové

Directors

Writers

Václav Wasserman(screenplay by)
Jaroslav Mottl(lyricist by)

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Details

Release date

June 10, 1932 (United States)

Country of origin

Czechoslovakia

Language

Czech

Production company

Elektafilm

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