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- "Grandmother" is a highly romanticized autobiographical novel by a Czech 19th century writer, Bozena Nemcova. It's a classical, compulsory reading in Czech schools, about a wise, working-class woman, happier in her simplicity and good heart than the nobles whom she serves.
- Simultaneously filmed Czech language version of a German film, in which an unhappy dogcatcher in the poor part of town has a transformative experience befriending an abandoned boy and a stray animal.
- A Milk-Cannery baron, Jakub Simonides, is broken by the Canned Milk-Trust and, in his wanderings with a worker, Filip Kornet, he discovers he still owns a half-finished apartment-house. They rally the workers and complete the building for use as a collectivist dairy. The cooperative flourishes and after a chase/pursuit with the police, pratfalls, slapstick and various crashes, the workers buy out the Milk-Trust.
- When a young woman he loves is promised by her father to an older widower, the youth decides to leave his village and go off to war rather than see this happen.Will the girl's grandmother be able to step in and help?
- Duchacek is the employee in the law company. As a faithful employee he is working hard to help his boss. And when it seems almost impossible to collect enough money in time, you should give this task to Duchacek.
- Vincenc Babocka, a private eye, is in a hotel in Karlovy Vary mistakenly held for Leon Weber, international adventurer searched by the police. Babocka decides to use the confusion to expose Weber's accomplices, preparing to steal diamonds
- A professor known for his motto "Morality Above All Else" receives an unexpected and unwelcome visit from his illegitimate daughter.
- Wealthy bachelor Pavel Haken (Hugo Haas) attempts with the assistance of his trustworthy valet to escape the wooings of single women itching to get married. These women have meetings at a lady's social club. They propose to Andula (Vera Ferbasová), daughter of a poor taxi driver, a lucrative bet that even she will not win him.
- Although the heroine works as a seamstress, she would like to become a designer. And she does have talent, even a businessman from Paris shows interest in her. But much turns out to be different than it first appears.
- Young village shopkeeper Ferda Zuska wants to throw himself in front of a train because his girl has married another man. At the last moment he is saved by the railway watchman Dousa and his wife Anna. Ferda soon forgets his sorrow and begins to court this Anna. The unsuspecting Dousa is the object of laughter for the entire village. In addition, in saving Ferda he slipped on the railway tracks and since that time he has had poor hearing. One day he even discovers to his horror that he has become completely deaf and for this reason he must leave his job. After some time his hearing returns. Dousa decides to pretend further that he is deaf to find out what people think of him.
- Classic comedy with famous Vlasta Burian in the lead role tells us about an undertaker who loves his job very much and who during a wedding which he mistakenly considers as a funeral decides to take advantage of an old man and impersonate him in an insurance deception.
- Sherlock Holmes must find someone to impersonate King Fernando XXIII of Puerto Rico, but the double he chooses doesn't prove to be as manageable as the great detective could have hoped.
- Fred Baron, a businessman, wants to commit suicide because he has no money to pay his notes and owes Mr. Haller money he lost to him at Linde's gambling house. Ronny, an adventurer, stops him from committing suicide and promises to help him.
- Composer Bertl is a heavy drunkard and generously spends his wife's money. Her lawyer tries to arrange a quick divorce for the couple and thus save the rest of her account.
- Rudolf Barrtos, the owner of a farm, quarry and factory, is extremely rich, however, he is unapproachable and irritable, and the dread of his employees. One day he falls down a steep slope by a river and hurts himself. The quarryman Fabera finds him groaning in pain and takes him to his cottage.
- Vera Donátová (Truda Grosslichtová) has finished her law studies and wants to found her own law firm. She is financially dependent, however, on her family. Her emancipated mother supports her endeavors but her father provides her the money with the condition that if her practice does not succeed within a year she will marry Consul Raboch's son. Vera has no clients. Her first case is assigned to her ex officio. Vera visits her client, Petr Kucera (Oldrich Nový), known as Tiger, in his prison cell, and against his will she obtains his release.
- Vacational comedy about temp laborers in a farm, full of misunderstandings, scams and summer love.
- Rina Weberová (Hana Vítová), the daughter of a retired colonel, is the proprietress of a poorly prospering photo-studio. Her elderly friend, banker Václav Novák (Jaroslav Marvan), is secretly giving her financial support because he is in love with her. One day Rina meets a childhood friend, Vincenc Spacek (Ladislav Pesek), who has started his military service in Prague. The enterprising Vincenc with his inseparable fellow-soldier Vendelín Krídlo (Jindrich Plachta) give Rina's studio a great deal of advertising in their garrison, so that the soldiers flock to Rina to be photographed by her.
- Lea Pohlová sets up a fashion store after the death of her parents, but she also has to take care of her sister Emu, who is still studying. Lea meets her neighbor, doctor Brozek, who is in financial trouble. Lea makes an agreement with him to finance his studies and he will marry her after finishing his studies.
- An unsentimental and yet touching story of a man whose insincere desire for love leads him to fall prey to the profiteering trappings of his neighbor and her daughter.
- The famous singer Manon Cavalliniová comes to Prague after fifteen years. Many years ago she was forced by her husband, the industrialist Rón, to choose between a career and life with him and their young daughter Vera. Now Manon invites her husband to the premiere.
- Jan Sochor, a renowned poacher, is strongly opposed to the young prince wooing his daughter Baruska. He remembers all too well the time of his own youth and his contribution to the preservation of the princely family.