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Release Date:
December 16, 1932
Original Title:
Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Meissner Film Prague
Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 85
Anton Špelec (Vlasta Burin) is a producer of musical instruments by trade but a sharp-shooter at heart. He expects to be awarded a medal at a large parade in town where veteran sharp-shooters will be honored. When the town council is one medal short, Anton must wait another year for his prized possession. He drowns his disappointment in drink at the local pub and becomes so drunk that he insults the emperor who sentences him to jail. Instead of fulfilling the emperor’s orders himself, Anton sends his employee in his stead.
Conductor:
R. A. Dvorský
Director:
Martin Frič
Director of Photography:
Otto Heller
Editor:
Martin Frič
Lyricist:
Jaroslav Mottl
Original Music Composer:
Jára Beneš
Production Design:
Vilém Rittershain
Production Manager:
Ladislav Kolda
Screenplay:
Josef Neuberg
Set Decoration:
Arnold Reimann
Sound:
Josef Zora
Theatre Play:
Emil Artur Longen
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