I’ll Be Good, Old Man!
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1978Production year
1978Premiere
27 July 1979Runtime
86 minDirector
Petr SchulhoffCategory
filmGenre
comedy, satireTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
„Já už budu hodný, dědečku!“Czech title
„Já už budu hodný, dědečku!“English title
I’ll Be Good, Old Man!Summary
A grandfather with magic powers drives the action of Já už budu hodný, dědečku! (I’ll Be Good, Old Man!, 1978), a modern fairytale by screenwriter and director Petr Schulhoff. Popular actor Ladislav Pešek plays the grandfather and the fairytale is little more than a device for meting out well-deserved retribution on Theodor Bergner, a pompous and intolerant actor from Prague. Although Bergner is successful and presents himself as a model of human courtesy, he insults everyone around him with gusto (especially women) and deliberately arouses altercations. After the magical grandfather intervenes, however, the wrongdoings that Bergner has committed in the past begin to haunt him – assisted by the reappearance of characters he has previously hurt. Humiliated and defeated the actor finally promises to behave himself... Besides Ladislav Pešek the other starring role in this comedy of morals was played by Miloš Kopecký. The parts of the offended women went to Dagmar Veškrnová, Nelly Gajerová and Alena Vránová.
Synopsis
To the intolerant and bloody-minded Prague actor Bergner is the lead in Moliere's Misanthrope which he is studying now as tailor-made. On top of that he is malicious and he advises to the new actress Helenka in such a way that she upsets the theatre director. If Bergner accuses somebody of a mischief and he is wrong, he never apologizes. When he almost crashes an older elegant lady by his car on the zebra crossing, instead of an apology he calls her an old ballet dancer... But in Brno's TV he takes part in a discussion on manners and he gives himself as an example of good manners and grace. In the train he meets a magic old man who warns him and admonishes him to change his behaviour. After he arrives to Prague the old man's threat comes true. A jealous neighbour of his lover beats him up by mistake. His wife's aunt came for the first time from abroad to visit them and she brought him a longed-for tape-recorder. But she takes the tape-recorder again when she sees that Bergner is the mucker who almost run her over. Bergner is attacked by troubles always related to people which he hurt before. Then he wakes up in the train - everything was just a dream... At home his wife blindfolds him and she takes him to the room where he shall wait for a present to his name day and she leaves to the kitchen. Bergner doesn't know that the room is full of his colleagues from theatre and he shifts to his pyjamas in front of the astonished congratulants. In the end everybody covers the flub by laughter. The laughing Bergner is shouting to the street: I will be good, old man!
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Cast
Miloš Kopecký
herec Theodor Bergner zvaný Dóďa
Alena Vránová
Olga, Bergnerova žena
Ladislav Pešek
kouzelný dědeček
František Filipovský
psychiatr MUDr. Maudr/metař
Svatopluk Beneš
herec Bašta
Darja Hajská
drbna
Marie Motlová
drbna
Nelly Gaierová
teta Dita
Josef Větrovec
ředitel divadla Josef Kábrt
Dagmar Veškrnová
herečka Helenka Tichá
Jiří Lír
inspicient Kubíček
Míla Myslíková
kostymérka Anička
Jorga Kotrbová
sekretářka Marcelka
Vlastimil Fišar
divadelní režisér
Jaroslav Heyduk
soused Pikl
Luba Skořepová
Piklova žena
Václav Štekl
růžolící muž na nádraží
Dana Hlaváčová
Máňa, manželka růžolícího muže
Kateřina Lírová
Alena Šulcová, dcera Bergnerových
Miroslav Vydlák
Emilek, vnuk Bergnerových
Vladimír Hrubý
opilý muž v tramvaji
Václav Sloup
mladý muž u telefonní budky
Anna Štrosová
žena u telefonní budky
Vlasta Jelínková
stařenka
Vladimír Hrabánek
průvodčí ve vlaku
František Peterka
žárlivec Bambas
Milan Mach
moderátor brněnské televize
Václav Lohniský
filmový režisér
Ivo Hrdina
pomocný režisér
Hana Čížková
skriptka
Josef Střecha
kameraman
Jiřina Bílá
maskérka
Milan Pěkný
asistent režie
Jana Viščaková
zdravotní sestra u psychiatra
Vítězslav Černý
tlustý muž
Marta Richterová
laborantka, kolegyně Aleny
Slávka Hamouzová
nápověda
Josef Havel
revizor
Josef Houba
revizor
Oldřich Velen
strážmistr VB
Milada Ježková
žena u tramvaje
Věra Tichánková
nájemnice v paneláku
Ela Šilarová
nájemnice v paneláku
Mirko Musil
nájemník v paneláku
Miroslav Čermák
nájemník v paneláku
Eva Trunečková
nájemnice/družstevnice
Eva Vlachová
žena s nákupem
Olga Michálková
žena v županu
Jindra Kvardová
žena v zástěře
Milena Velíšková
uklízečka v bistru
Zdeněk Skalický
číšník
Karel Augusta
předseda JZD
Jiří Flíček
družstevník
Karel Kropík
družstevník
Karel Smrž
družstevník
Karel Vavřík
družstevník
Dagmar Sellnerová
herečka
Libuše Vojáčková
herečka
Gaston Šubert
herec
Jan Jelínek
muž v džínovém oblečení u přechodu
František Jákl
dubl za Miloše Kopeckého
Jiří Vojta
dubl za Miloše Kopeckého
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Josef Dvořák, Oldřich Halaza, Richard Staněk
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Special Effects
Titles Designed by
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Jaroslav Smola, Jiří Radil
Unit Production Manager
Boris Nakladov
Cooperation
Hana Hebrová (klapka), Vladimír Souček (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Ludwig van Beethoven (Symfonie č. 9 d moll /Óda na radost/), Franz Lehár (Paganini /Líbám, ženy, vás tak rád/)
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)
Songs
Líbám, ženy, vás tak rád
Song Composer Franz Lehár
Singer Miloš Kopecký
Production info
Original Title
„Já už budu hodný, dědečku!“
Czech Title
„Já už budu hodný, dědečku!“
English Title
I’ll Be Good, Old Man!
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy, satire
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1978
Production Year
1978
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 18 November 1977
start of filming 6 February 1978
technical Screenplay approved 1 March 1978
end of filming 12 July 1978
projection approval 25 July 1978
Premiere
premiere 27 July 1979 /suitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
Dramaturgická skupina Drahoslava Makovičky, Drahoslav Makovička (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
86 min
Original length in metres
2 350 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,66, 1:2,35
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
Awards
Vítěz
Festival: 30. filmový festival pracujících – léto ´79
1979
62 měst / Czechoslovakia
