Alois Novák (Oldrich Nový), a minor clerk in a travel agency and the husband of a dowdy housewife Marenka (Natasa Gollová), lives a run-of-the-mill, dull life. In his soul, however, there resides an inextinguishable desire for adventure. And so once a month he poses as a playboy. As the mysterious and wealthy Mr. Kristian he goes to the exclusive Orient Bar where he does not skimp on generous tips and where he platonic-ally seduces beautiful and elegant women. In the salon he speaks of love and the magnificence of exotic lands, which he has supposedly come to know on his wanderings abroad. In reality he has read all of this in the travel agency's brochures.
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Oldřich Nový
úředník Alois Novák alias pan Kristian
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Josef Bělský
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Martin Frič Director · Josef Gruss Screenplay Eduard Šimáček Screenplay
First release September 8, 1939 · Produced in XC, Czechia
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XC · Czechia
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Czech
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Czech
Release dates
XC · September 8, 1939
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Czechia
April 25, 2024 · Theatrical
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