Fourteen at the Table (Czech: Čtrnáctý u stolu) is a 1943 Czechoslovak crime comedy film directed by Oldřich Nový and Antonín Zelenka, starring Karel Höger, Ludvík Veverka and Helena Friedlová.Bock & Bergfelder p.353
It was made in German-occupied Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The screenplay was based on a story by the retired German silent film actress Ossi Oswalda. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jan Zázvorka.
Plot Thirteen guests meet at the home of Mayor Bartoš. They are disturbed by the number, so they hope and wait for another guest to appear. A fourteenth guest does arrive, with the coincidental surname of Čtrnáctý ("Fourteenth"). The young man, Pavel Čtrnáctý, is attracted to the mayor's daughter, Ema. He could not resist and kisses her. The girl suddenly becomes the subject of gossip.
Cast Karel Höger as Pavel Čtrnáctý Ludvík Veverka as Bartos Helena Friedlová as Bartosová Dagmar Frýbortová as Ema Vladimír Majer as Dr. Viktorin Karel Dostal as Bersecký Růžena Šlemrová as Bersecká Libuše Zemková as Lydie Raoul Schránil as Alexy Jiřina Petrovická as Bibi Ella Nollová as Hedvika, grandmother Zvonimir Rogoz as Linhart František Filipovský as Kilián
References
Bibliography Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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