The Kidnapping of Fux the Banker

The Kidnapping of Fux the Banker (Czech: Únos bankéře Fuxe) is a 1923 Czech silent comedy film directed by Karl Anton.^[1] The film was inspired by the slapstick comedies about the Keystone Cops. Fashion designer Paul Poiret played himself.^[2] Only an incomplete 61 minutes long version of the film survived.

The Kidnapping of Fux the Banker
Directed by	Karl Anton
Screenplay by	Karel Anton Eman Fiala
Story by	Lev Krása Lomikar Kleiner
Starring	Ferdinand Kaňkovský Anna Opplová
Cinematography	Otto Heller Václav Vích
Production company	Elektafilm
Distributed by	Elektafilm
Release date	31 December 1923 (1923-12-31)
Country	Czechoslovakia
Languages	Silent Czech intertitles

Cast

• Adi Berger as Banker C. W. Fux
• Anny Ondra as Fux's daughter Daisy
• Karel Lamač as Tom Darey
• Bronislava Livia as Maud Gould
• Eman Fiala as Sherlock Holmes II
• Emilie Nitschová as Daisy's tutor
• Karel Fiala as Butler Karel
• Theodor Pištěk as Duke of Pommery
• Saša Rašilov as Police chief
• Paul Poiret as Fashion designer from Paris
• Jan W. Speerger as Burglar
• Přemysl Pražský as Director of the asylum