
Eaten Out of House and Home
Seen it?1933 | 97 min | Drama
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Best for lovers of period drama and readers who like to compare the book and the screen version. The costumes and settings are a feast on their own. Adapted from a book, so readers can compare notes.
- The mood
- Thoughtful and character-driven.
- The pace
- Lets scenes breathe, at 1 hr 37 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in another language, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1933: an older pace and style.
- Not the one if you want explosions or easy laughs.
The gullible buyer Žemla Martin (Francis Smolik) finally opened his dream shop. After a while, you get a lot of friends. Especially the former captain Kyllijána (Vlasta Burian), who come to him to drink brandy debt and sit on a bag of peas, where he talks nonsense. Its debt is starting to grow nicely. Later dupe marry an evil Pavlina Šustrová (Ela Poznerová). It can also bring their calculating mother, widow Catherine Šustrová (Antonie Nedošínská). These two together with a bun Kyllijánem use, but outside him are friendly. Later, when Žemla catches his wife cheating when he has become the father of a foreign child, and when he discovers that the shop is broke and completely vyjedený, poisoning. A best friend Žemlův captain Kylliján happily drunk debt for plum deleted.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 333 people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Martin Frič
- František SmolíkMartin Zemla
- Vlasta BurianKyllian
- Antonie NedošinskáKaterina Sustrova
- Ela PoznerováPavlína
- Alexander TřebovskýMadras
- Ella NollováRandova
- Čeněk ŠléglPlagowitz
- Gustav HilmarPoliceman
- Vladimír SmíchovskýPolisceman
- Kamila RosenkranzováPiskova