Hugo Haas
1901 - 1968Hugo Haas (18 February 1901 – 1 December 1968) was a Czech film actor, director and writer. He appeared in over 60 films between 1926 and 1962, as well as directing 20 films between 1933 and 1962.He was born in Brno, Moravia (now in the Czech Republic), and died in Vienna, Austria from complications of asthma. His brother Pavel Haas (1899–1944) was a noted composer.
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Mravnost nade vše
Martin Frič
Hugo Haas, Světla Svozilová
Professor Karas is widely known as enthusiastic propagator of the motto "Morality Above All Else". He guides his students as well as his own family to live a morally decent life. One day he has an unexpected visit. It's his illegitimate daughter Vera, who is proof of his thoughtless youth. Mr. Karas know that she can ruin his image, thus he decides to keep her a secret and asks her to leave. Instead of leaving she takes a position of a governess in his own family without letting him know. Mr. Karas realizes that he must reveal the truth sooner or later, but he doesn't have enough courage to do so. As he postpones it, he is more and more scared to come to his own home.
Morality Above All Else
Leben des Galilei
Ruth Berlau, Joseph Losey
Peter Brocco, Stephen Brown
Galileo, an eminent professor and scientist in the 17th century Venetian Republic, is short of money. A prospective student tells him about a novel invention, the telescope, that is being sold in Amsterdam.
Leben des Galilei
Ať žije nebožtík
Martin Frič
Hugo Haas, Adina Mandlová
Wealthy and ill Petr Kornel (Karel Hasler) is not pleased with the carousing lifestyle of his nephew. He stops supporting him financially and demands that he change his name. Out of gratitude Kornel bequeaths a substantial sum of money to his nurse Alice (Adina Mandlová) with the condition that she marries. Petr Suk (Hugo Haas), as the nephew is now named, visits the doctor. In the waiting room his X-ray is mistakenly switched with one of another patient's. On the basis of this he presently learns that he is seriously ill and has only one day of life left to him.
Long Live with Dearly Departed
Život je pes
Martin Frič
Hugo Haas, Theodor Pištěk
Young music composer Viktor Honzl in vain looks for work. He is prevented from committing suicide by a technician of the gasworks who shortly beforehand has disconnected his gas due to past due bills. In the disguise of an older, serious, musical scholar Viktor obtains work in a music publishing house.
Life Is a Dog
Tři muži ve sněhu
Vladimír Slavínský
Hugo Haas, Jindřich Plachta
Молодой специалист по рекламе Ярослав Хайек, уже почти отчаявшийся найти работу, выигрывает первое место в рекламном конкурсе, организованном на предприятиях промышленника Барты. Приз конкурса - двухнедельное проживание в роскошном горном отеле. Второе место выигрывает никому не известный пан Новотный. Под именем Новотного скрывается сам миллионер Барта, который желает поехать в отель под видом бедняка. Дочь миллионера приходит в ужас от безрассудной идеи отца и тайно предупреждает управляющего отеля, управляющий сообщает другим служащим, а швейцар сообщает постояльцам. В результате мнимого бедняка все окружают заботой и вниманием, и всячески стараются ему угодить, а две светские львицы решительно настроены заполучить его в свои сети. Вот только и служащие отеля и его постояльцы ошиблись в личности переодетого миллионера...
Tři muži ve sněhu
Sestra Angelika
Martin Frič
Suzanne Marwille, Hugo Haas
Karla, a bar dancer, shoots her lover Mayer during a break-up. She hides from the police in pianist Pavel Ryant's apartment and promises to return when she leaves. The next day, however, Karla is arrested and convicted. In the penitentiary she meets the warden, Angelika, a nun who is very much like her. She begs Angelika to lend her clothes for a few days and leaves the prison as a nun.
Sister Angelika
The Girl on the Bridge
Hugo Haas
Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels
A young woman's suicide attempt is stopped by an old man passing by. The two fall in love -- but the relationship between the young girl and old man is threatened when a blackmailer from her past shows up.
The Girl on the Bridge
