---
title: 'The Masked Lover (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Otakar Vávra'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 83
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia'
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-masked-lover-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166266/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Masked Lover (1940)

1940 · 83 min · Drama, Romance · Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Czechoslovakia

Original title: Maskovaná milenka

## Synopsis

The Masked Lover is a 1940 Czech historical drama film directed by Otakar Vávra. It is based on a novel by Honoré de Balzac.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Otakar Vávra](https://cinepixo.com/people/otakar-vavra)
- **Screenplay:** [Otakar Vávra](https://cinepixo.com/people/otakar-vavra)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jiří Srnka](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-srnka)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ferdinand Pečenka](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-pecenka)
- **Editor:** [Jan Kohout](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-kohout)

## Cast

- [Karel Valtr Černý](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-valtr-cerny)
- [Josef Bělský](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-belsky)
- [Rudolf Deyl](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-deyl)
- [Jiřina Hladíková](https://cinepixo.com/people/jirina-hladikova)
- [Karel Dostal](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-dostal)
- [Jiří Krejčík](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-krejcik)
- [Božena Šustrová](https://cinepixo.com/people/bozena-sustrova)
- [Alon Kassuk](https://cinepixo.com/people/alon-kassuk)
- [Karel Hradilák](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-hradilak)
- [Jiřina Steimarová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jirina-steimarova)
- [Ewald Balser](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewald-balser)
- [Ladislav Pešek](https://cinepixo.com/people/ladislav-pesek)
- [Miloš Šubrt](https://cinepixo.com/people/milos-subrt)
- [Lída Baarová](https://cinepixo.com/people/lida-baarova)
- [Jiří Steimar](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-steimar)

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