''The Kidnapping of Fux the Banker'' ( cs, Únos bankéře Fuxe) is a 1923 Czech silent

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directed by

Karl Anton Karl Anton or Karel Anton (25 October 1898 12 April 1979) was a Bohemian-born German film director, screenwriter and film producer. Biography He was born in Prague on 25 October 1898. His father Wilhelm Anton (1861–1918) was a physician. An ...

. The film was inspired by the slapstick comedies about the

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. Fashion designer

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played himself. Only an incomplete 61 minutes long version of the film survived.

Cast

* Adi Berger as Banker C. W. Fux *

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 Fux's daughter Daisy *

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 Tom Darey * Bronislava Livia as Maud Gould * Eman Fiala as Sherlock Holmes II * Emilie Nitschová as Daisy's tutor *

Karel Fiala Karel Fiala (3 August 1925 – 3 October 2020) was a Czech operatic tenor and film actor. He was known for his work in operettas and musicals, but received worldwide attention for his portrayal of Mozart's Don Giovanni in the film ''Amadeus''. B ...

as Butler Karel * Theodor Pištěk as Duke of Pommery *

Saša Rašilov Saša Rašilov (6 September 1891 – 4 May 1955) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1913 and 1954. Rašilov was an actor, comedian, clown and cabaret, grandfather of actor Saša Rašilov Jr. and his brother Vac ...

as Police chief *

as Fashion designer from Paris * Jan W. Speerger as Burglar *

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 Director of the asylum

References

External links

* 1923 films Czechoslovak comedy films Czech silent films Czech comedy films 1923 comedy films Films directed by Karl Anton Czech black-and-white films Silent comedy films {{1920s-comedy-film-stub