Father-In-Law Kondelík and His Son-In-Law Vejvara

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1929

Production year

1929

Premiere

15 November 1929

Runtime

126 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Tchán Kondelík a zeť Vejvara

Czech title

Tchán Kondelík a zeť Vejvara

English title

Father-In-Law Kondelík and His Son-In-Law Vejvara

Synopsis

Vejvara and his bride spend a happy wedding night together and Kondelík with his wife Betynka also spend a night of love with each other. The next day their daughter and her husband come for lunch at the Kondelíks and the father-in-law gives Vejvara some advice about married life. After some time Kondelíková discovers she is expecting a child and she tells this news to her aunt Katynka. Pepička, too, soon announces similar glad tidings to her mother. They both are preparing to go out to a dance but they have an accident as they leave the house and cannot go to the party. When Pepička visits her parents again, Kondelík discovers that not only his daughter is pregnant but his wife is too. Mrs Muknšnáblová has finally succeeded in marrying her daughter Lotynka off to Mr Pajtlšmíd who, however, does not find happiness in this union. In fear of gossip Mrs Kondelíková takes herself off to a summer residence but Kondelík can hardly survive on his own. Mrs Kondelíková is also missing her husband so she moves into an empty flat in the house where her daughter lives. Mother and daughter give birth on the same day and Kondelík becomes a father and grandfather at the same time. Pepička gives birth to a little girl and Mrs Kondelíková has twins. (According to the film title sheet.)

Note

Only part of the film has survived.

Cast

Theodor Pištěk

tchán Václav Kondelík

Jiří Hron

Kondelíkův zeť magistrátní koncipista František Vejvara

Antonie Nedošinská

Kondelíkova žena Bety

Jarmila Vacková

Vejvarova žena Pepička, dcera Václava a Bety Kondelíkových

Emilie Nitschová

teta Katynka Urbanová, stará panna

Milka Balek-Brodská

Muknšnáblová

Marie Munzarová

Lotynka, dcera Muknšnáblové

Jindřich Plachta

výpomocný písař Pajtlšmíd, zeť Muknšnáblových

František Černý

malířský tovaryš

Jan Richter

hostinský

Josef Šváb-Malostranský

host na křtinách

Filip Balek-Brodský

host na křtinách

Antonín Marek

Vejvarův otec

Roza Schlesingerová

služka u Kondelíků

Emil Šulc

voják, milý služky u Vejvarů

Irena Ardenová

Crew and creators

Assistant Director

František Jerhot

Based on

Ignát Herrmann (Tchán Kondelík a zeť Vejvara – román)

Director of Photography

Václav Vích

Production Designer

Alois Mecera

Production Manager

Václav Pštros

Cooperation

Willy Ströminger (fotograf)

Production info

Original Title

Tchán Kondelík a zeť Vejvara

Czech Title

Tchán Kondelík a zeť Vejvara

English Title

Father-In-Law Kondelík and His Son-In-Law Vejvara

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1929

Production Year

1929

Production specifications

date of censorship 26 June 1929

Premiere

premiere 15 November 1929 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Flora /1 týden/, Hvězda /1 týden/ a Skaut /2 týdny/, Praha)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Elekta

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

126 min

Original length in metres

3 600 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,33

Colour

black & white

Sound

silent

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

without dialogue

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Intertitles languages

Czech

Opening/End credits languages

Czech