Screenplay:
Josef MachCinematography:
Ferdinand PečenkaComposer:
Julius KalašCast:
Karel Höger, Ludvík Veverka, Helena Friedlová, Dagmar Frýbortová, Vladimír Majer, Karel Dostal, Růžena Šlemrová, Libuše Zemková, Raoul Schránil (more)Plots(1)
Thirteen guests gather at Mayor Bartoš's. They are troubled by the unlucky number and are glad when another guest appears, whose name coincidentally is also Čtrnáctý (Fourteenth). Everything would have been fine, but young Pavel Čtrnáctý caught sight of the mayor's daughter Ema and could not stop himself from kissing her. The girl immediately becomes the centre of gossip. The inquisitive Mrs Linhartová would like to get the bottom of the whole affair, so she invites round everybody who might have some information for her, but unfortunately the number of guests comes to thirteen again. The fourteenth guest is finally found in the Linharts' new librarian. To everyone's surprise, the librarian is Čtrnáctý. That evening, after looking through some rare editions, Pavel disappears. Under the name of Hubert Malina he immediately becomes the perfect valet of an industrialist called Bersecký. After the fiancé of Bersecký's daughter Count Alexy, is accused of theft, Pavel gives an explanation to this and the other strange goings-on. He in fact is a famous detective story writer and was looking for one peculiar last will on behalf of the Club of Detective Story Writers. He managed to fulfil this task as well as win Ema's heart. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Karel Höger
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Malér (1965) (TV movie)
Půlpenny (1974) (TV movie)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
Ludvík Veverka
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
The Sins of Love (1929)
I'll Be Right Over (1942)
Helena Friedlová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The White Disease (1937)
The Guild of Kutna Hora Virgins (1938)
History of Philosophy (1937)
Dagmar Frýbortová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“ (1948)
Neviděli jste Bobíka? (1944)
Vladimír Majer
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
The Lumberjack (1922)
The Sins of Love (1929)
Karel Dostal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Nebe a dudy (1941)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
The White Disease (1937)
Růžena Šlemrová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Station Master (1941)
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec (1932)
Libuše Zemková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jan Žižka (1955)
A Week in the Quiet House (1947)
Lost in the Suburbs (1948)
Raoul Schránil
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Nebe a dudy (1941)
Christian (1939)
Eva Fools Around (1939)
Jiřina Petrovická
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hrdinové okamžiku (1961) (series)
Krakatit (1948)
Zadržitelný vzestup Arthura Uie (1979) (theatrical recording)
Ella Nollová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Eva Fools Around (1939)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
Zvonimir Rogoz
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Krakatit (1948)
The Guild of Kutna Hora Virgins (1938)
Jarmila Švabíková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
The Good Soldier Schweik 2: Beg to Report, Sir (1957)
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944)
František Filipovský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Lišák Pseudolus (1960) (TV movie)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Nelly Gaierová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)
Hubert the Smart Boy (1984)
U pěti veverek (1943)
Jiří Vondrovič
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Nebe a dudy (1941)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Anna Gabrielová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Stood at the Till (1939)
The Guild of Kutna Hora Virgins (1938)
Nocturnal Butterfly (1941)
Anna Steimarová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Christian (1939)
Baron Munchhausen (1940)
Catacombs (1940)
Slávka Doležalová-Kulhavá
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Zlaté dno (1942)
Svatba s podmínkou (1965)
Pán a sluha (1938)
Antonín Zacpal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Station Master (1941)
Christian (1939)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)