Fourteen at the Table (Czech:Ctrnáctý u stolu) is a 1943 Czechoslovak film directed by Oldřich Nový and Antonín Zelenka and starring Karel Höger, Ludvík Veverka and Helena Friedlová.[1]
Fourteen at the Table | |
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Directed by | Oldřich Nový Antonín Zelenka |
Written by | Josef Mach Ossi Oswalda |
Starring | Karel Höger Ludvík Veverka Helena Friedlová |
Cinematography | Ferdinand Pečenka |
Music by | Julius Kalas |
Production company | Lucernafilm |
Release date | 1943 |
Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | Czechoslovakia |
Language | Czech |
It was made in German-occupied Czechoslovakia, where a Czech-language cinema continued to exist. The screenplay was based on a story by the retired German silent film actress Ossi Oswalda. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jan Zázvorka.
13 guests meet at the home of Mayor Bartoš. They are disturbed by the number, so they hope and wait for another guest to appear. A 14th guest does arrive, with the coincidental name of Fourteen (Ctrnáctý ). Everything would be fine, but when detective Pavel Čtrnáctý looks at the mayor's daughter, Ema, he cannot resist her charm. The girl suddenly becomes the subject of gossip.
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