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Cash Claim Chaos

1939 · 99 min

A gentle, chatty farce of mistaken identities that ambles along with old-fashioned charm and mild comic confusion.

Directed by: Karel Lamač
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Vlasta Burian, Jaroslav Marvan, Ladislav Hemmer

Overview: Hospital orderly Rozruch, denied his therapeutic treatment, is mistaken for Dr. Marek at the insurance office and sent to a spa. Councilor Pěna, plotting to wed his mistress after his daughter Heda’s marriage, also arrives. At the spa, impostures collide, identities are exposed, and hidden motives and loyalties come to light.

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Directed by: Karel Lamač
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Vlasta Burian, Jaroslav Marvan, Ladislav Hemmer

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
deception
class
love
family
Places: hospital
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	7
Realism	6
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Karel Lamač
Written by: Václav Wasserman
Starring: Vlasta Burian, Jaroslav Marvan, Ladislav Hemmer, Adina Mandlová, Marie Blažková, Čeněk Šlégl, Anna Gabrielová, Antonín Streit
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Cinematography: Jan Stallich
Runtime: 99 min
Country: Czechoslovakia
Languages: Czech

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