''Delightful Story'' () is a 1936 Czech

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directed by

Vladimír Slavínský Vladimír Slavínský (26 September 1890 16 August 1949) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor. Life Vladimír Slavínský was born Otakar Vladimír Pitrman in Dolní Štěpánice, on 26 September 1890. Since his youth he acted in a ...

and starring

Věra Ferbasová Věra Ferbasová (21 September 1913 – 4 August 1976) was a Czechoslovak film actress. Selected filmography * ''In the Little House Below Emauzy'' (1933) * ''Man in Demand on All Sides'' (1934) * ''A Woman Who Knows What She Wants'' (1934) * ''T ...

Zita Kabátová Zita Kabátová (27 April 191327 May 2012) was a Czech actress. Kabátová was born in Prague, where her father, Benno Kabát, an architect, also acted in plays and wrote pieces for puppet theatres. Her uncle, Josef Šváb-Malostranský, was ...

and Frantisek Kristof-Veselý.Opěla p.296 The film's sets were designed by the

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Štěpán Kopecký.

Cast

as Helena Veselá *

as Miluska Kovárová * František Kristof-Veselý as JUDr. Jára Nerad *

Oldřich Nový Oldřich Nový (7 August 1899, in Prague – 15 March 1983, in Prague) was a Czech film and theatre actor, director, composer, dramaturg and singer. He is considered one of the greatest actors of the Czech cinema in the first half of the 20th cen ...

as Jaroslav Nerad *

Růžena Šlemrová Růžena Šlemrová, née Růžena Machová (10 November 1886 – 24 August 1962) was a Czechoslovak film actress. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1914 and 1956. Selected filmography * '' Two Mothers'' (1921) * '' Affair at the ...

as Ema Neradová *

Jan Pivec Jan Pivec (19 May 1907 – 10 May 1980), was a Czechoslovak film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 69 films between 1940 and 1973. He concurrently spent 36 years acting in productions staged by Prague's National Theatre. Books published ...

as Karel Dobes * Theodor Pistek as Ferdinand Nerad *

Ladislav Pešek Ladislav Pešek (4 October 1906 – 13 July 1986) was a Czechoslovak film actor.Stanislav Neumann Stanislav Neumann (16 July 1902 – 19 February 1975) was a Czech actor. He appeared in more than ninety films from 1930 to 1973. Selected filmography References External links * 1902 births 1975 deaths Czech male film actors ...

as Fred Penkava *

Adina Mandlová Adina Mandlová (28 January 1910 – 16 June 1991) was a Czech stage and film actress. She was one of the leading stars of 1930s and 1940s Czech cinema. She was involved in a number of scandals and love affairs. Life and career Early days Sh ...

as Eva Randová * Baletni Soubor Tylova Divadla as Dancers * Julius Batha as Bookkeeper * Josef Fuksa as Dancer *

Milada Gampeová Milada may refer to: *Milada (name), a feminine given name * ''Milada'' (fly), a genus of fly of the family Tachinidae * ''Milada'' (film), a 2017 Czech biographical film *Lake Milada Lake Milada (; formerly also known as Lake Chabařovice) is an ...

as Eva's Mother * Jiří Hron as Customer * Iska Kostalova as Dancer * Oldřich Kovár as Singer * František Krejci as Porter *

Ota Motycka Ōta, Ota, or Ohta may refer to the following: People * Ota (wife of Arnulf of Carinthia), Queen of the East Franks 888-899, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire 896-899 *Ota (cartoonist), Brazilian cartoonist * Atsuya Ota, Japanese basketball pla ...

as Nerad's Servant * Alois Peterka as Shopkeeper * A. Pilsova * Slávka Procházková as Singer *

Marie Ptáková Marie may refer to the following. People Given name * Marie (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** List of people named Marie * Marie (Japanese given name) Surname * Jean Gabriel-Marie, French compo ...

* Selteri as Singer * Bozena Stehlickova as Saleswoman * L. Stolcova * Vladimír Stros as First Customer * Elsa Vetesníková as Bozenka

References

Bibliography

* Vladimír Opěla. ''Czech feature film, Volume 2''. Národní filmový archiv, 1998.

External links

* 1936 films 1936 musical films Czechoslovak musical films Czech musical films 1930s Czech-language films Films directed by Vladimír Slavínský Operetta films Czechoslovak black-and-white films 1930s Czech films {{musical-film-stub