Watchman No. 47
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1937Production year
1937Premiere
3 December 1937Runtime
86 minCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Hlídač č. 47Czech title
Hlídač č. 47English title
Watchman No. 47Parallel title
Hlídač číslo čtyřicet sedmProtectorate parallel title
Bahnwächter Nr. 47Synopsis
Young village shopkeeper Ferda Zuska wants to throw himself in front of a train because his girl has married another man. At the last moment he is saved by the railway watchman Douša and his wife Anna. Ferda soon forgets his sorrow and begins to court this Anna. The unsuspecting Douša is the object of laughter for the entire village. In addition, in saving Ferda he slipped on the railway tracks and since that time he has had poor hearing. One day he even discovers to his horror that he has become completely deaf and for this reason he must leave his job. After some time his hearing returns. Douša decides to pretend further that he is deaf to find out what people think of him. Ferda urges Anna to run away with him, and he wants to kill Douša. The broken woman confides in her husband unaware that he is able to hear her. Douša orders her to leave the house, but on the pleas of their child he reverses his decision. The next day he returns to work and forgives his wife, for he realizes that he has neglected her and has paid attention only to his own personal interests. Ferda, in a drunken state, tragically perishes under the tracks of an express train.
Note
After shooting practically the entire film, director Josef Rovenský took ill and Jan Sviták finished the work on the film.
Photos
Cast
Jaroslav Průcha
hlídač trati František Douša
Marie Glázrová
Anna, Doušova žena
Karel Veselý
Karel, syn Doušových
Ladislav Boháč
kramář Ferda Zuska
František Kovářík
hrobník Zuska, Ferdův otec
Alois Dvorský
truhlář Bertík
Milka Balek-Brodská
vesničanka
Slávka Holakovská
nevěsta Anča Trunečková
Zdeněk Hora
ženich
Václav Menger
host v hostinci
Karel Němec
host v hostinci
Fráňa Vajner
host v hostinci
Bohdan Lachman
kněz
Jaroslav Bráška
člen lékařské posudkové komise
Jan Černý
člen lékařské posudkové komise
Alois Peterka
člen lékařské posudkové komise
Josef Sládek
železničář
Julius Baťha
lékař
Antonín Šolc
Doušův přítel
Vladimír Smíchovský
Doušův přítel
Viktor Nejedlý
Doušův přítel
Ferdinand Kohout
Doušův přítel
Bedřich Frank
Doušův přítel
Antonín Jirsa
soused
Josef Oliak
Doušův přítel
Karolína Vávrová
host na svatbě
Crew and creators
Director
Josef Rovenský, Jan Sviták (dokončení)
Assistant Director
Based on
Josef Kopta (Hlídač č. 47 – román)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Set Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Cooperation
Antonín Frič (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Josef Dobeš)
Songs
Tam u Královýho Hradce
Singer Jaroslav Průchamužský sbor
Production info
Original Title
Hlídač č. 47
Czech Title
Hlídač č. 47
English Title
Watchman No. 47
Parallel Title
Hlídač číslo čtyřicet sedm
Protectorate Parallel Title
Bahnwächter Nr. 47
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1937
Production Year
1937
Production specifications
start of filming 07/1937
end of filming 08/1937
date of censorship 12/1937
date of censorship 05/1940
date of censorship 2 April 1941
date of censorship 17 June 1943 (predikáty „lidově vzdělavatelský film“ a „film pro Den hrdinů“)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
date of censorship 6 June 1945 (konec povolení k promítání 6. 6. 1946)
date of censorship 27 May 1946 (konec povolení k promítání 31. 12. 1946)
withdrawal from distribution 9 February 1947
projection approval 15 November 1957
withdrawal from distribution 8 August 1961
Premiere
premiere 3 December 1937 /inaccessible for youths/ (kina Avion /1 týden/ a Metro /1 týden/, Praha)
renewed premiere 13 July 1945 /inaccessible for youths/
renewed premiere 06/1952 /inaccessible for youths/
renewed premiere 18 July 1958 /inaccessible for youths/
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Elekta (původní 1937), Státní půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1945), Rozdělovna filmů Československého státního filmu (obnovená 1952), Ústřední půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1958)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
86 min
Original length in metres
2 447 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Visatone
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
Awards
Vítěz
Event: Čestné diplomy časopisu Filmové listy
1938
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Elekta a.s.
Vítěz
Event: Státní záruky Československé vlády na výrobu filmů
1937
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Elekta a.s.
