''In the Little House Below Emauzy'' (Czech: ''V tom domecku pod Emauzy'') is a 1933 Czech musical

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directed by Otto Kanturek and starring

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and

Ferdinand Hart Ferdinand Hart (28 October 1893 in Písek – 12 January 1937 in Prague) was a film actor from Czechoslovakia. Selected filmography * '' The Hungarian Princess'' (1923) * '' The Queen of the Baths'' (1926) * ''You Walk So Softly'' (1928) * '' Und ...

. It is based on the 1911 operetta ' which used melodies by

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(1801–1843).Goble, p. 274 A separate German-language version '' The Happiness of Grinzing'' was also produced. Such

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s were common during the early years of

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. It was shot at the

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with sets were designed by the art director . Whereas the operetta and the German version were set in

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, this film takes places place close to the

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in the Czech capital during the

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Cast

as Apolenka Dudková / Komtesa Lubecká *

as Postilion Jan Martin *

as Lopata * Hermína Fordová as Hrabenka Alzbeta Marie Lubecká * Helga Nováková as Stázinka Dudková * Theodor Pištěk as Hostinský Frantisek Dudek *

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as Hrabe Quido Bertran Lubecký *

Anna Steimarová Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 12 ...

as ucitelka hudby Gusta Volmanová * Anton Vaverka as Komorník Alois * Walter Taub as Písar August Steibitz * Jirí Plachý as Ucitel bontonu * Rudolf Podlesák as ucitel tance Ernesto Pagini * Antonín Schmerzenreich as hrabe Vrbna *

Josef Bunzl Josef may refer to *Josef (given name) *Josef (surname) Josef is the surname of the following people: * Jens Josef (born 1967), German composer of classical music, a flutist and academic teacher * Michelle Josef (born 1954), Canadian musician and tr ...

as ucitel dejepisu a matematiky Marvan *

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as Cellista *

Věra Ferbasová Věra Ferbasová (21 September 1913 – 4 August 1976) was a Czechoslovak film actress. Selected filmography * '' In the Little House Below Emauzy'' (1933) * '' Man in Demand on All Sides'' (1934) * '' A Woman Who Knows What She Wants'' (1934) * ...

as Host na vecírku

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Dassanowsky, Robert von. ''Austrian Cinema: A History''. McFarland, 2005.

External links

* 1933 films 1933 musical films Czechoslovak drama films Czech musical films 1930s Czech-language films Films based on operettas Operetta films Films shot at Barrandov Studios Films set in Prague 1933 multilingual films Films set in the 19th century 1930s historical musical films Czech historical films {{Czech-film-stub