Young Matula has succumbed to gambling and he steals money from his parents to finance his passion. His father catches him red-handed and throws him out of the house. Matula roams the world and meets Vávra, also a tramp, who accepts a job as a road-sweeper but he soon dies in a car accident. On his lone wanderings Matula finds a miraculous little key which opens all locks. With its help he acquires a great fortune. He breaks into a bank and steals more money. He then meets the daughter of the cashier who was wrongly accused under suspicion of theft and when he sees her despair, he realises his wrong-doings. Finally he wakes up - it had all been a dream. (According to the censor's certificate).
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Václav Vydra
Matula
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František Roland
Vávra
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Minulost Jany Kosinové
Karel Čapek
Jaroslav Kvapil
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Olga Augustová
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Václav Vydra
mladý Matula
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Karel Kopřiva
Marie Ptáková
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Jaroslav Kvapil Director · Karel Čapek Story Karel Kopřiva Cinematographer
First release June 29, 1922 · Produced in XC · Original title Zlatý klíček
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XC
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Original title
Zlatý klíček
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Slovakia · June 29, 1922
XC · December 8, 1922
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