2. The sound era 1930-1945 – Martin Frič: Kristian (1939)



Screenplay: Eduard Šimáček, Josef Gruss. Director of photography: Ferdinand Pečenka. Art director:
František Zázvorka. Music: Sláva Eman Nováček. Cast: Oldřich Nový (Alois Novák), Nataša Gollová
(Mařenka Nováková), Raoul Schránil (Fred), Bedřich Veverka (Petr), Adina Mandlová (Zuzana
Rendlová), Jára Kohout (Josef Novotný), Jaroslav Marvan (Král). Running time: 85 min.


Alois Novák, a minor clerk in a travel agency and the husband of a dowdy housewife, lives a
run-of-the-mill, dull life. In his soul, however, there resides an inextinguishable desire for
adventure. And so once a month he poses as a playboy.







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