Long Live with Dearly Departed

Long Live with Dearly Departed

86 mins | Comedy | Feb. 8, 1935

Wealthy and ill Petr Kornel (Karel Hasler) is not pleased with the carousing lifestyle of his nephew. He stops supporting him financially and demands that he change his name. Out of gratitude Kornel bequeaths a substantial sum of money to his nurse Alice (Adina Mandlová) with the condition that she marries. Petr Suk (Hugo Haas), as the nephew is now named, visits the doctor. In the waiting room his X-ray is mistakenly switched with one of another patient's. On the basis of this he presently learns that he is seriously ill and has only one day of life left to him.

Long Live with Dearly Departed

86 mins | Comedy | Feb. 8, 1935

Long Live with Dearly Departed
Wealthy and ill Petr Kornel (Karel Hasler) is not pleased with the carousing lifestyle of his nephew. He stops supporting him financially and demands that he change his name. Out of gratitude Kornel bequeaths a substantial sum of money to his nurse Alice (Adina Mandlová) with the condition that she marries. Petr Suk (Hugo Haas), as the nephew is now named, visits the doctor. In the waiting room his X-ray is mistakenly switched with one of another patient's. On the basis of this he presently learns that he is seriously ill and has only one day of life left to him.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Meissner Film Prague
Original title Ať žije nebožtík
Directors Walter Schorsch, Martin Frič
Writers Jaroslav Mottl, Martin Frič, Hugo Haas

Cast

Hugo Haas

as Petr Suk

Adina Mandlová

as Alice Machová

Karel Hašler

as Petr Kornel

Milada Gampeová

as Barbora - Housekeeper

Václav Trégl

as Baltazar

František Kreuzmann

as Dr. Liska

Ferdinand Hart

as Remington

Božena Svobodová

as Remingtonová

Jaroslav Marvan

as Duriex

František Černý

as Creditor

Jan W. Speerger

as Butler

Martin Frič

as Janitor (voice)