Camel Through the Eye of a Needle

86 minutesCountryCzechoslovakiaLanguageCzech

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

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

• Hugo Haas as Beggar Josef Pešta
• Antonie Nedošínská as Aloise Peštová
• Jiřina Štěpničková as Zuzka Peštová
• Rudolf Deyl Sr. as Adolf Vilím
• Pavel Herbert as Alík Vilím
• Oldřich Nový as Butler Alfons
• Eduard Blažek as Secretary
• Růžena Šlemrová as Mrs. Štěpánová
• Adina Mandlová as Nina Štěpánová
• Jindřich Plachta as Pavel Bezchyba
• Jan Pivec as Fred Krupička
• Božena Šustrová as Nina's friend

See also

• Never the Twain (1926)

References

External links

• Camel Through the Eye of a Needle at IMDb