Two Men from another World

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1962

Production year

1961—1962

Premiere

28 December 1962

Runtime

86 min

Category

film

Genre

music, comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Dva z onoho světa

Czech title

Dva z onoho světa

English title

Two Men from another World

Working title

Muž z onoho světa

Synopsis

Petr and Pavel, two grown-up identical twins, have both devoted their lives to music. The serious Pavel, a music professor in Prague, appreciates nothing but classical music. He is unsympathetic to the growing interest in jazz and modern pop among his students, including his daughter Alena. Petr has moved to the United States a long time ago and, unlike his brother, he has taken up a lighter musical genre. Alena uses her uncle as an example in her arguments with her father until Pavel finally decides to put an end to all written contact with his brother in a rather unusual fashion. He announces to his family that Petr has died, and then sends his brother a note stating that Pavel and his family have died in a tragic accident. After some time, Petr arrives in Prague together with his son. He accidentally discovers Pavel's hoax and the two men have a fight when they meet. They then make up and the reunion celebration leaves them so drunk that Pavel is not able to go to school and cannot teach. Petr replaces his brother and wins the students over with a "witless" song. Petr wants to return for good to his home country, but needs to learn more about its new way of life. He persuades Pavel to swap their roles. Petr then does voluntary work, goes to school meetings, teaches and makes an effort to understand how people live, but he is not yet sure whether he should stay in Czechoslovakia. Pavel reproaches Petr for his caginess. The students, who learn from Petr that he has swapped roles with his brother, are also critical. They now have more appreciation for their professor, "Chopin the state builder" as they sarcastically used to call him. They show the professor their devotion and it seems that Petr could also find a place for himself in the Republic.

Cast

Oldřich Nový

profesor hudby Pavel Fořt/Čechoameričan Petr Fonda, Pavlovo dvojče

Dana Medřická

Pavlína, Fořtova žena

Helga Čočková

Alena, Fořtova dcera

Jan Tříska

Robert Forda, Petrův syn

Josef Beyvl

předseda občanského výboru

Jarmila Smejkalová

učitelka češtiny

Anne Herendeen

stařenka

Eleonora Leff

Američanka

Jiří Schulz

recepční

Hermína Šebestová

Čechoameričanka

Eman Fiala

výčepní

Eliška Hřebíčková

studentka Jarmila Křečková

Jan Kotva

student Osner

Josef Novák (2)

student

Ivo Pešák

student Kvapil

Pavel Sladovník

student Rabiška

Michal Freimann

student

Jiří Janoušek

student Kubát

Zdeněk Najman

harmonikář

Ota Motyčka

číšník

Georgis Skalenakis

zákazník v lékárně

Václav Wasserman

vousatý profesor

Rudolf Princ

soused na pavlači

Ludvík Farka

student

Vítězslav Černý

řidič nákladního auta

Milan Kindl

Voice by Milan Neděla
cihlář Bohouš

Vladimír Hrubý

praporčík SNB

Vladimír Belatka

student

R. Hampl

učitel

Václav Hybš

hudebník

Sláva Kunst

hudebník

Karel Pilar

hudebník

Zdeněk Munzar

hudebník

Božena Köhlerová

průvodkyně

Josef Lhoták

host v rybárně

František Löring

Čechoameričan

Ela Šilarová

Čechoameričanka

Jan Odl

student

V. Kohoutová

členka ONV

František Šeba

člen ONV

Lucie Polívková

host v taneční restauraci

Grido Neri

cizinec

Abdel Rasim Salim

cizinec

Z. Skácelová

tančící dívka

Václav Podhorský

důstojník, člen občanského výboru

M. Kysilka

student

František Vandas

příslušník SNB

Václav Žižka

Čechoameričan

Jiří Bauer

muž na brigádě

Barbora Adolfová

žena na schůzi

Eva Konečná

přítelkyně

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Georgis Skalenakis

Assistant Director

Miloš Kohout, Eva Kolářová

Shooting Script

Miloš Makovec

Director of Photography

Jan Roth

Production Designer

Leoš Karen

Assistent Production Designer

Aleš Voleman

Set Designer

Jiří Kalina, Karel Kracík, Josef Pavlík, Vojtěch Palek

Costume Designer

Alena Novotná

Film Editor

Jan Kohout

Assistant Film Editor

Miloslava Vojnová

Sound Designer

Pavel Jelínek

Production Manager

Josef Ouzký

Unit Production Manager

Růžena Hulínská, Miroslav Smrček

Unit Production Manager

Boris Adamec

Cooperation

Jana Cunderlová (klapka), Jaroslav Chlasták (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Jiří Baur, Vlastimil Hála

Music Performed by

Orchestr Karla Vlacha (Music Conducted by Karel Vlach)

Songs

Škoda lásky

Song Composer Jaromír Vejvoda

Když jsem já šel tou Putimskou branou

Song Composer lidová píseň
Writer of Lyrics lidová píseň
Singer Oldřich Nový

Páni učitelé /Páni rodičové/

Song Composer Jiří BaurVlastimil Hála
Writer of Lyrics Vratislav Blažek
Singer Helga Čočková

Já mám tetu

Song Composer Jiří BaurVlastimil Hála
Writer of Lyrics Vratislav Blažek
Singer Oldřich Nový

Ulehla rosa do trávy

Song Composer Jiří BaurVlastimil Hála
Writer of Lyrics Vratislav Blažek
Singer Helga ČočkováJan Tříska

Život je záhada jen pro jepice

Song Composer Jiří BaurVlastimil Hála
Writer of Lyrics Vratislav Blažek
Singer sbor

Kdybych potkal Ginu Lolobrigidu

Song Composer Jiří BaurVlastimil Hála
Writer of Lyrics Vratislav Blažek
Singer Jan Tříska

Production info

Original Title

Dva z onoho světa

Czech Title

Dva z onoho světa

English Title

Two Men from another World

Working Title

Muž z onoho světa

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

music, comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1962

Production Year

1961—1962

Production specifications

literary Screenplay approved 19 April 1961
technical Screenplay approved 7 August 1961
start of filming 6 September 1961
end of filming 19 March 1962
projection approval 1 June 1962
withdrawal from distribution 31 July 1976

Premiere

premiere 21 December 1962 /suitable for youths/ (kino Pasáž /5 týdnů/, Praha)
premiere 28 December 1962 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Studio

Barrandov

Creative Group

Tvůrčí skupina Feix – Brož, Miloš Brož (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Karel Feix (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

86 min

Original length in metres

2 462 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech