Muži v offsidu is a 1931 Czechoslovak sports comedy film directed by Svatopluk Innemann, based on a novel by Karel Poláček.[2]

Muži v offsidu
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySvatopluk Innemann
Written byJosef Neuberg
František Tichý
Vladimír Rýpar
Based onMuži v offsidu
by Karel Poláček
StarringHugo Haas
Jožka Vanerová
Felix Kühne
CinematographyVáclav Vích
Edited bySvatopluk Innemann
Music byEman Fiala
Production
company
A-B
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • 11 September 1931 (1931-09-11)
Running time
95 minutes[1]
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageCzech

Production

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Karel Poláček's comedic novel was a bestseller in Czechoslovakia. The movie was made only because there was an open timeslot with no production planned in Barrandov studios that needed to be filled. Director Innemann read the book and the screenplay was finished just a week later.[3] Josef Rovenský was considered for the role of Načeradec, but Poláček insisted his friend Hugo Haas should play the part.[3]

Cast

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Reception

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The film was commercially very successful. It was the third most attended film of 1931 in Czechoslovakia after Karel Lamač's Business Under Distress and Ernst Lubitsch's The Smiling Lieutenant.[4] It made Hugo Hass a star overnight.[3]

Sequel

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In 1932 a sequel Načeradec, král kibiců was made by Gustav Machatý.

References

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  1. ^ "Muži v offsidu". Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Men Offside". Filmový přehled. NFA. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Muži v offsidu: Jak vznikl film, který udělal hvězdu z Huga Haase?". lifee.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  4. ^ Szczepanik, Petr (2009). Konzervy se slovy. Počátky zvukového filmu a česká mediální kultura 30. let. Host. p. 316. ISBN 978-80-7294-316-6.
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