Oldřich Nový - collection 2. (4DVD) - DVD

Music from Mars
directed by: Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos, 1955, 106 min, colour
A witty and light-hearted comedy with a superb cast, telling the story of a rash promise and a thirty-piece band.
Starring: Jaroslav Marvan, Oldřich Nový, Josef Bek, Alena Vránová, František Kovářík, Otomar Krejča, Bohuš Záhorský, Stanislav Neumann, Jaroslav Vojta, Lubomír Lipský, Eman Fiala, Josef Pehr, Karel Effa, Josef Hlinomaz, Antonín Jedlička, Stella Zázvorková, Josef Kemr, Jan Werich
SUBTITLES: Czech for the hearing impaired

The Skeleton Key
directed by: Miroslav Cikán, 1944, 88 min, b&w
A detective comedy about a successful writer and his wife who fall victim to con artists.
Starring: Oldřich Nový, Jiřina Steimarová, Jaroslav Marvan, Vlasta Hrubá, Miroslav Homola, Antonín Jirsa, Ferenc Futurista, Věra Hanslíková, Vladimír Řepa, Eman Fiala, Milada Smolíková
SUBTITLES: Czech for the hearing impaired

The Poacher's Foster Daughter, or The Noble Millionaire
directed by: Martin Frič, 1949, 116 min, b&w/colour
The story of a virtuous country girl who conquers the big city and the heart of a millionaire. With a constant stream of rediscovered old flames, lost orphans, and fateful encounters, director Martin Frič parodies the sentimental film kitsch of the First Republic.
Starring: Oldřich Nový, Hana Vítová, Ella Nollová, Otomar Korbelář, Theodor Pištěk, Zdeněk Dítě, Bohumil Machník, Vítězslav Vejražka, Arnold Flögl, Eman Fiala,
BONUSES: a word from the historian, photographs, biographies and filmographies, contemporary documentation
SUBTITLES: Czech for the hearing impaired, English

Valentin the Kind
directed by: Martin Frič, 1942, 98 min, b&w.
Kind-hearted Valentin Plavec is a frequent target of his mischievous colleagues' crude jokes. However, a skilfully altered lottery ticket proves to be a step too far.
Starring: Oldřich Nový, Hana Vítová, Ladislav Pešek, Eman Fiala, Jaroslav Marvan, Theodor Pištěk, Zdeňka Baldová, Milada Gampeová, Růžena Šlemrová, Anna Letenská, Vojta Novák, Josef Kemr
BONUSES: a word from the historian, photographs, biographies and filmographies, contemporary documentation
SUBTITLES: Czech for the hearing impaired, English

Antlers
directed by: František Sádek, Alfréd Radok, 1947, 77 min, b&w.
A playful tale about a set of auctioned antlers that causes an avalanche of misunderstandings and nearly ruins the happy marriage of Viktorin and Zuzanka. Malicious pranks and spiteful intrigues lead to mutual mistrust and jealousy.
Starring: Oldřich Nový, Sylva Langová, Zdeňka Baldová, Jára Kohout, Nelly Gaierová, Stanislav Neumann, Hana Šolcová, František Filipovský, Bohuš Záhorský, Rudolf Deyl
Bonuses: a word from the historian, photographs, biographies and filmographies, contemporary documentation
SUBTITLES: Czech for the hearing impaired