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Muži v offsidu
Muži v offsidu
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Svatopluk Innemann
Written by	Josef Neuberg; František Tichý; Vladimír Rýpar
Based on	Muži v offsidu; by Karel Poláček
Starring	Hugo Haas; Jožka Vanerová; Felix Kühne
Cinematography	Václav Vích
Edited by	Svatopluk Innemann
Music by	Eman Fiala
Production; company	A-B
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	11 September 1931;
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

Muži v offsidu is a 1931 Czechoslovak sports comedy film directed by Svatopluk Innemann, based on a novel by Karel Poláček.^[2]

Production

Karel Poláček's comedic novel was a bestseller in Czechoslovakia. The movie was made only because there was an open timeslot with no production planned in Barrandov studios that needed to be filled. Director Innemann read the book and the screenplay was finished just a week later.^[3] Josef Rovenský was considered for the role of Načeradec, but Poláček insisted his friend Hugo Haas should play the part.^[3]

Cast

Hugo Haas as Richard Načeradec
Jožka Vanerová as Hedvika Načeradcová
Felix Kühne as Uncle Ignác Kauders
Jindřich Plachta as Tailor Emanuel Habásko
Eman Fiala as Eman Habásek
Betty Kysilková as Widow Ouholičková
Theodor Pištěk as Barber Alois Šefelín
Ella Nollová as Šefelín's wife
Jiřina Štěpničková as Seamstress Emilka Šefelínová
Jaroslav Vojta as Antonín Hátle
Růžena Šlemrová as Fashion salon owner Šmalfusová

Reception

The film was commercially very successful. It was the third most attended film of 1931 in Czechoslovakia after Karel Lamač's Business Under Distress and Ernst Lubitsch's The Smiling Lieutenant.^[4] It made Hugo Hass a star overnight.^[3]

Sequel

In 1932 a sequel Načeradec, král kibiců was made by Gustav Machatý.

References

^ "Muži v offsidu". Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
^ "Men Offside". Filmový přehled. NFA. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Muži v offsidu: Jak vznikl film, který udělal hvězdu z Huga Haase?". lifee.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 4 March 2020.
^ Szczepanik, Petr (2009). Konzervy se slovy. Počátky zvukového filmu a česká mediální kultura 30. let. Host. p. 316. ISBN 978-80-7294-316-6.