The Undertaker
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An employee of the funeral home Pleticha calls his superior. He overhears that he is supposed to buy a wedding gift and deliver it to his boss's relatives. He therefore sets off to the given address to organize the funeral. When the mistake is explained, Pleticha, in return for the entertainment, performs dances and songs of various nations for the wedding guests. One of the guests, grandfather Boleslav Hnipírdo, experienced a train collision near Vrňany on his way to Prague. Since he was not injured, he does not even want to ask for compensation. Pleticha takes advantage of this and goes to the railway headquarters with his leg bandaged. He pretends to be Hnipírdo and is questioned in detail about his journey. Thanks to his talkativeness, he reveals, among other things, that he jumped on a moving train, drove illegally, spat on the window and tore off the emergency brake...
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Vlasta Burian
zaměstnanec pohřebního ústavu Vendelín Pleticha a falešný Boleslav Hnipírdo
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Theodor Pištěk
vrchní železniční rada Klapka
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Karel Lamac
Otto Heller
Václav Wasserman
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J Kolda
Josef Rovenský
Boleslav Hnipírdo, švagr paní Plicové
Known for
Diary of a Lost Girl
Eman Fiala
Known for
Lemonade Joe
Dr Buffiel
Betty Kysilková
teta Františka Plicová
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Jan Stallich
Růžena Šlemrová
nevěsta Anna Plicová, neteř paní Plicové
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Karel Lamač Director · Václav Wasserman Screenplay Eman Fiala Composer
United States release January 1, 1933 · Produced in XC · Original title Funebrák
Production
Elektafilm
Production · Distribution
XC
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Original title
Funebrák
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Slovakia · June 10, 1932
XC · June 10, 1932
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 1933
Slovenia
January 22, 1935
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