Jump to content

Camel Through the Eye of a Needle

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Camel Through the Eye of a Needle
Film poster
Directed byHugo Haas
Otakar Vávra
Written byHugo Haas
Otakar Vávra
Based onVelbloud uchem jehly
by František Langer
Produced byJosef Stein
StarringHugo Haas
Antonie Nedošinská
Jiřina Štěpničková
CinematographyFerdinand Pečenka
Edited byJan Kohout
Music byJulius Kalaš
Production
company
Moldavia
Distributed byMoldavia
Release date
  • January 19, 1937 (1937-01-19)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageCzech

Camel Through the Eye of a Needle (Czech: Velbloud uchem jehly) is a 1936 Czech comedy film directed by and starring Hugo Haas.[1] The title is an allusion to the "eye of a needle" aphorism. It's a second movie adaptation of the play by František Langer after the 1926 film Never the Twain.[2]

Plot

[edit]

Alík, son of a wealthy chocolate factory owner Adolf Vilím, is set to marry Nina Štěpánková from a wealthy family. But Alík is not interested in Nina. He gets to know the beggar Pešta and his falls in love with his step-daughter Zuzka.

Cast

[edit]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Velbloud uchem jehly". Czech Film Database. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Camel Through the Eye of a Needle (1936) – Filmový přehled". Filmový přehled. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
[edit]