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A Step into the Darkness (1938)

Genre : Crime, Comedy

Runtime : 0M

Director : Martin Frič
Writer : Eduard Fiker, František Čáp

Synopsis

A dashing but mysterious man saves a gambler from suicide, crashes the posh party of a prominent industrialist, falls in love with his daughter, and finds himself in a web of intrigue revolving around her blackmailing fiance and a gang of counterfeiters.

Actors

Adina Mandlová
Adina Mandlová
Eva Haller
Rolf Wanka
Rolf Wanka
Ronny
Václav Trégl
Václav Trégl
Valentin the Valet
František Smolík
František Smolík
Jan Haller
Zvonimir Rogoz
Zvonimir Rogoz
Linde
Alena Frimlová
Alena Frimlová
Magda
Vítězslav Boček
Vítězslav Boček
Fred Baron
Theodor Pištěk
Theodor Pištěk
Fat Party Guest
Růžena Šlemrová
Růžena Šlemrová
Fat Guest's Wife
František Kreuzmann
František Kreuzmann
Henchman Josef
František Roland
František Roland
Gustav Hilmar
Gustav Hilmar
Police Kommissar
Antonín Jirsa
Antonín Jirsa
Henchman-Printer Adolf
Petr Lotar
Petr Lotar
Karel Černý
Karel Černý
Jan W. Speerger
Jan W. Speerger
L. H. Struna
L. H. Struna
Václav Suldovský
Václav Suldovský
Jaroslav Sadílek
Jaroslav Sadílek
Jaroslav Bráška
Jaroslav Bráška
Michel Elaguine
Michel Elaguine
Robert Vyhlídka
Robert Vyhlídka
Miloš Šubrt
Miloš Šubrt
Karel Třešňák
Karel Třešňák
Jiří Schreinzer
Jiří Schreinzer

Crews

Martin Frič
Martin Frič
Director
Eduard Fiker
Eduard Fiker
Screenplay
František Čáp
František Čáp
Screenplay
Otto Heller
Otto Heller
Director of Photography
Josef Zora
Josef Zora
Sound
Zdeněk Gina Hašler
Zdeněk Gina Hašler
Editor
Antonín Kubový
Antonín Kubový
Assistant Director
Eduard Fiker
Eduard Fiker
Story
Štěpán Kopecký
Štěpán Kopecký
Production Design
Jan Sinnreich
Jan Sinnreich
Production Manager
Eman Fiala
Eman Fiala
Original Music Composer

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