Muži v offsidu

Muži v offsidu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Svatopluk Innemann
Written by	Josef Neuberg František Tichý Vladimír Rýpar
Based on	Muži v offsidu by Karel Poláček
Starring	Hugo Haas Jožka Vanerová Felix Kühne
Cinematography	Václav Vích
Edited by	Svatopluk Innemann
Music by	Eman Fiala
Production company	A-B
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	11 September 1931 (1931-09-11)
Running time	95 minutes[1]
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

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

Production

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

• Hugo Haas as Richard Načeradec
• Jožka Vanerová as Hedvika Načeradcová
• Felix Kühne as Uncle Ignác Kauders
• Jindřich Plachta as Tailor Emanuel Habásko
• Eman Fiala as Eman Habásek
• Betty Kysilková as Widow Ouholičková
• Theodor Pištěk as Barber Alois Šefelín
• Ella Nollová as Šefelín's wife
• Jiřina Štěpničková as Seamstress Emilka Šefelínová
• Jaroslav Vojta as Antonín Hátle
• Růžena Šlemrová as Fashion salon owner Šmalfusová

Reception

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

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

References

1. "Muži v offsidu". Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
2. "Men Offside". Filmový přehled. NFA. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
3. "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.

External links

• Muži v offsidu at IMDb