The Gold Key

Overview

Young Matula has succumbed to gambling and he steals money from his parents to finance his passion. His father catches him red-handed and throws him out of the house. Matula roams the world and meets Vávra, also a tramp, who accepts a job as a road-sweeper but he soon dies in a car accident. On his lone wanderings Matula finds a miraculous little key which opens all locks. With its help he acquires a great fortune. He breaks into a bank and steals more money. He then meets the daughter of the cashier who was wrongly accused under suspicion of theft and when he sees her despair, he realises his wrong-doings. Finally he wakes up - it had all been a dream. (According to the censor's certificate).

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 8, 1922

Original language

Czech

Countries

Czechoslovakia

Production

A-B

Cast

Olga Augustová,František Kovářík,Miloš Vávra,Tadeusz Dura,Václav Vydra,Zdeněk Štěpánek,František Roland,Olga Scheinpflugová,Jaroslav Vojta,Marie Ptákováand 1 more

Director

Jaroslav Kvapil

Writer

Karel Čapek,Jaroslav Kvapil

Cinematography

Karel Kopřiva,Alfons Weber

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1237824