Man from the Unknown (1939) [N/A]

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Release Date:
December 22, 1939

Original Title:
Muž z neznáma

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Lloyd-Film

Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 84

While in Bohemia, an American industrialist named Craigs goes missing. In Prague, the police have arrested a man without identification, who bears a striking resemblance to Craigs. The doctor, the secretary, and the hotel staff all claim that he is the industrialist. The man denies this claim. When he learns how harsh and despotic the man he is believed to be is, he agrees to go to London and adopts his new identity.

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Assistant Director:
Eduard Šimáček

Conductor:
Miloš Smatek

Costume Design:
František Mádl

Costume Designer:
Marie Malá

Director:
Martin Frič

Director of Photography:
Jan Roth

Editor:
Jan Kohout

Makeup & Hair:
František Rous
Josef Kobík

Original Music Composer:
Miloš Smatek

Production Design:
Alois Mecera

Production Manager:
Václav Dražil

Screenplay:
Karel Baroch
Elena Smatková
Gleb Glebov

Set Decoration:
Rudolf Žák

Sound:
František Pilát

Still Photographer:
Willy Ströminger

Story:
Elena Smatková
Karel Baroch
Gleb Glebov

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