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Morality Above All Else (1937)

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 1H 20M

Director : Martin Frič
Writer : Hugo Haas, Martin Frič, Otakar Vávra

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Hugo Haas
Hugo Haas
Professor Antonín Karas
Světla Svozilová
Světla Svozilová
Karolína Karasová - wife
Adina Mandlová
Adina Mandlová
Eva Karasová - daughter
Jiří Hlinomaz
Jiří Hlinomaz
Ivan Karas - son
Ladislav Boháč
Ladislav Boháč
MUDr. Jílkovský
Saša Rašilov
Saša Rašilov
JUDr. Mach - friend
Věra Ferbasová
Věra Ferbasová
Vera Gregorova - illegitimate daughter
Mirko Eliáš
Mirko Eliáš
Konrád - sculptor
Zdeňka Baldová
Zdeňka Baldová
Mr. Drázná - Executive Association for the Advancement of morality
Marie Ptáková
Marie Ptáková
Mr. Roubalová - Executive Association for the Advancement of morality
Marie Pilská
Marie Pilská
Member of the Association for the Advancement of morality
Milada Gampeová
Milada Gampeová
Mr. Nyklasová - Executive Association for the Advancement of morality
Marie Ježková
Marie Ježková
Madla - maid at Karas
Elsa Vetešníková
Elsa Vetešníková
Chambermaid in a hotel
Marie Marková-Nekolová
Marie Marková-Nekolová
Gossip
Terezie Třebovská
Terezie Třebovská
Marie Häusslerová
Marie Häusslerová
Gossip
Miro Bernat
Miro Bernat
Rudolf Milič
Rudolf Milič
F. X. Mlejnek
F. X. Mlejnek
Josef Oliak
Josef Oliak
Marie Oliaková
Marie Oliaková

Crews

Martin Frič
Martin Frič
Director
Roman Blahník
Roman Blahník
Original Music Composer
R. A. Dvorský
R. A. Dvorský
Original Music Composer
Ferdinand Pečenka
Ferdinand Pečenka
Director of Photography
Jan Kohout
Jan Kohout
Editor
Josef Stein
Josef Stein
Production Manager
Walter Schorsch
Walter Schorsch
Assistant Director
Josef Zora
Josef Zora
Sound
J. Erbenová
J. Erbenová
Story
Hugo Haas
Hugo Haas
Screenplay
Martin Frič
Martin Frič
Screenplay
Otakar Vávra
Otakar Vávra
Screenplay
Štěpán Kopecký
Štěpán Kopecký
Production Design

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