His Majesty's Adjutant

Apr 14, 1933

1h 17m

★ 6.0

Overview

Lieutenant Patera, who unfortunately became involved in a scandalous affair in the highest circles of the Habsburg monarchy, is transferred from his sentence to the backwater garrison in Munich.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Meissner Film Prague

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Cast

nadporučík Alois Patera

Vlasta Burian

Princezna Anna Luisa

Suzanne Marwille

princ Evžen

Nora Stallich

Helga Nováková

plukovník

Jaroslav Marvan

Bedřich Vrbský

Ladislav Hemmer

Ella Šárková

Anton Vaverka

Josef Rovenský

František Kreuzmann

Míla Reymonová

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