The Eleventh Commandment (1935 film)

For the silent film, see The Eleventh Commandment (1925 film).
The Eleventh Commandment
Directed byMartin Frič
Written byFrantisek Ferdinand Samberk
Frantisek Ferdin
Produced byVladimír Kabelík
StarringHugo Haas
Jiřina Štěpničková
Jindřich Plachta
CinematographyOtto Heller
Edited byMartin Frič
Music byKarel Hasler
Milos Smatek
Production
company
Distributed byElektafilm
Release date
  • 30 August 1935 (1935-08-30)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageCzech

The Eleventh Commandment (Czech: Jedenácté přikázání) is a 1935 Czech comedy film directed by Martin Frič and starring Hugo Haas, Jiřina Štěpničková and Jindřich Plachta.[1] [2] It was shot at the Barrandov Studios in Prague and on location around the city.[3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Stepán Kopecký. It is a remake of the 1925 silent film of the same title in which Haas also starred.

Synopsis

A lawyer who has sworn never to marry is forced to do so when he is accidentally caught in a compromising situation with Emma. After his honeymoon he tries to pretend they are not married when his friends visit.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Jedenácté přikázání". csfd.cz. Retrieved 2011-01-23.
  2. ^ Balski p.83
  3. ^ Czech Feature Film II: 1930-1945. Národní filmový archiv, 1995. p. 131

Bibliography

  • Balski, Grzegorz . Directory of Eastern European Film-makers and Films 1945-1991. Flicks Books, 1992.


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