Morality Above All Else - 1937

Professor Karas is widely known as enthusiastic propagator of the motto "Morality Above All Else". He guides his students as well as his own family to live a morally decent life. One day he has an unexpected visit. It's his illegitimate daughter Vera, who is proof of his thoughtless youth. Mr. Karas know that she can ruin his image, thus he decides to keep her a secret and asks her to leave. Instead of leaving she takes a position of a governess in his own family without letting him know. Mr. Karas realizes that he must reveal the truth sooner or later, but he doesn't have enough courage to do so. As he postpones it, he is more and more scared to come to his own home.

80min
1937
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating7.7/10

Cast

Hugo Haas profile pictureHugo HaasProfessor Antonín Karas
Světla Svozilová profile pictureSvětla SvozilováKarolína Karasová - wife
Adina Mandlová profile pictureAdina MandlováEva Karasová - daughter
Ladislav Boháč profile pictureLadislav BoháčMUDr. Jílkovský
Saša Rašilov profile pictureSaša RašilovJUDr. Mach - friend
Věra Ferbasová profile pictureVěra FerbasováVera Gregorova - illegitimate daughter
Zdeňka Baldová profile pictureZdeňka BaldováMr. Drázná - Executive Association for the Advancement of morality
Marie Ptáková profile pictureMarie PtákováMr. Roubalová - Executive Association for the Advancement of morality
Marie Ježková profile pictureMarie JežkováMadla - maid at Karas

About Morality Above All Else

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Professor Karas is widely known as enthusiastic propagator of the motto "Morality Above All Else". He guides his students as well as his own family to live a morally decent life. One day he has an unexpected visit. It's his illegitimate daughter Vera, who is proof of his thoughtless youth. Mr. Karas know that she can ruin his image, thus he decides to keep her a secret and asks her to leave. Instead of leaving she takes a position of a governess in his own family without letting him know. Mr. Karas realizes that he must reveal the truth sooner or later, but he doesn't have enough courage to do so. As he postpones it, he is more and more scared to come to his own home.

Runtime: 80min

Extra details

Original Title: Mravnost nade vše
Original Language: Czech
Directed By: Martin Frič
Production Companies
A-B