''Never the Twain'' (
Czech
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: ''Velbloud uchem jehly'') is a 1926 Czech silent
comedy film
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directed by
Karel Lamač
Karel Lamač (27 January 1897 – 2 August 1952) was a Czech film director, actor, screenwriter, producer and singer. He directed more than 100 films in Czechoslovakia, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Life
Lama ...
and starring
Jan W. Speerger,
Betty Kysilková
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and
Anny Ondra
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. It is based on a play by
František Langer
František Langer (3 March 1888 – 2 August 1965) was a Czech-Jewish playwright, screenwriter, essayist, literary critic, publicist and military physician.
Life
Langer was born and in Prague, Austria-Hungary in a Czech speaking Jewish fam ...
. The son of a wealth industrialist marries the daughter of a beggar.
[Bock & Bergedler p.271]
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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Artur Berger Artur Semyonovich Berger (german: Arthur Berger, russian: Артур Семёнович Бергер; 27 May 1892 – 11 January 1981) was an Austrian-Soviet film architect and set designer. He was active in Austria between 1920 and 1936, during ...
.
Cast
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Jan W. Speerger as Pesta
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Betty Kysilková
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as Pestová
*
Anny Ondra
Anny Ondra (born Anna Sophie Ondráková; 15 May 1903 – 28 February 1987) was a Czech film actress. She began her career in 1920 and appeared in Czech, German, Austrian, French and English films. In 1933, she married German boxing champion ...
as Zuzka Pestová / Lili Weberová
*
Theodor Pištěk as Dairy Shop Customer
*
Karel Lamač
Karel Lamač (27 January 1897 – 2 August 1952) was a Czech film director, actor, screenwriter, producer and singer. He directed more than 100 films in Czechoslovakia, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Life
Lama ...
as Alík Vilím
*
Hugo Thimig
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as Joe Vilím
*
Ela Lausmanová as Weberová
*
Čeněk Šlégl
Čeněk Šlégl (30 September 1899 – 17 February 1970) was a Czech film actor. He appeared in 68 films between 1919 and 1941.
Selected filmography
* ''Never the Twain'' (1926)
* '' Prague Seamstresses'' (1929)
* '' Sin of a Beautiful Wom ...
as Berka
*
František Havel
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* Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer, and screenwriter
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as Andrejs
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as Bezchyba
*
Joe Lars
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as Butler
*
Oldřich Nový
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as Butler
See also
*''
Camel Through the Eye of a Needle
''Camel Through the Eye of a Needle'' ( cs, Velbloud uchem jehly) is a 1936 Czech comedy film directed by and starring Hugo Haas. The title is an allusion to the "eye of a needle" aphorism. It's a second movie adaptation of the play by Františe ...
'' (1936)
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
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1926 films
Czech silent films
Czech comedy films
1926 comedy films
1920s Czech-language films
Films directed by Karel Lamač
Czech black-and-white films
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