''Life Is a Dog'' ( cs, Život je pes) is a 1933 Czech
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
written and directed by
Martin Frič
Martin Frič (29 March 1902 – 26 August 1968) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor. He had more than 100 directing credits between 1929 and 1968, including feature films, shorts and documentary films.
Throughout his life, Fri ...
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Cast
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Hugo Haas
Hugo Haas (19 February 1901 – 1 December 1968) was a Czech film actor, director and writer. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1926 and 1962, as well as directing 20 films between 1933 and 1962.
Life and career
Haas was born in B ...
as Composer Viktor Honzl / Professor Alfréd Rokos
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Theodor Pištěk as Hynek Durdys
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Adina Mandlová
Adina Mandlová (28 January 1910 – 16 June 1991) was a Czech stage and film actress. She was one of the leading stars of 1930s and 1940s Czech cinema. She was involved in a number of scandals and love affairs.
Life and career
Early days
Sh ...
as Eva Durdysová
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Světla Svozilová as Helena Durdysová
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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 ...
as Ralph Morrison
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Alois Dvorský
Alois (Latinized ''Aloysius'') is an Old Occitan form of the name Louis. Modern variants include ''Aloïs'' ( French), ''Aloys'' (German), ''Alois'' (Czech), '' Alojz'' ( Slovak, Slovenian), '' Alojzy'' (Polish), '' Aloísio'' (Portuguese, Spani ...
as Landlord
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Jára Kohout
Iara ( hu, Alsójára; german: Jahren) is a commune in the southern part of Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of thirteen villages: Agriș (''Ruhaegres''), Borzești (''Berkes''), Buru (''Borrév''), Cacova Ierii (''Aranyosivánfa ...
as Man buying a record
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František Jerhot as Officer
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Antonín Hodr as Netušil
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Karel Český as Customer
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Přemysl Pražský
Přemysl Pražský was an early Czech film director, film actor, screenwriter and radio producer. He directed and appeared in a number of films in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s and 1930s, directing comedy films such as '' Two Mothers'' (1921), '' T ...
as Forger
See also
* ''
The Double Fiance'' (1934)
References
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1933 films
1933 comedy films
1933 multilingual films
1930s Czech-language films
Czech black-and-white films
Czechoslovak black-and-white films
Compositions by Pavel Haas
Czechoslovak multilingual films
Czechoslovak comedy films
Films directed by Martin Frič
1930s Czech films
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