Children to Order

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1938

Production year

1938

Premiere

25 March 1938

Runtime

76 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Děti na zakázku

Czech title

Děti na zakázku

English title

Children to Order

Synopsis

Matys the dentist employs two laboratory assistants, the brothers Alois and Benjamin Zoubek. With Matys lives his widowed step-father, the retired chief forester Václav Bezdětek, and he has four young children, so the laboratory assistants sometimes also work as child minders. They would like to see young Matys married but know that first of all they will have to find a new wife for old Bezdětek. All the men are annoyed by a radio broadcast of a speech by a feminist by the name of Marta Kočová who rails against men for making women serve them and give birth "to order". The speaker turns out to be an attractive young woman who falls for Matys and changes her views. Marta's widowed mother may only remarry once Marta has married, according to the terms of the late husband's will, otherwise she will lose her inheritance of one hundred thousand crowns. Mrs Kočová falls for Mr Bezdětek, who is eager to marry. But then Mrs Kočová discovers that Bezdětek actually has children, a fact he had concealed from her. The two women are offended. The children then all get lost and the search for them brings the two sides together. A double wedding takes place, with Marta marrying first so that Mrs Kočová can get her inheritance.

Cast

Gustav Nezval

MUDr. Karel Matys, nevlastní Bezdětkův syn

Theodor Pištěk

lesní správce v. v. Václav Bezdětek

Zdeňka Baldová

majitelka obchodu Josefína Kočová

Hana Vítová

Marta, dcera Kočové

Jindřich Plachta

zubní technik Benjamin Zoubek

Ladislav Pešek

zubní technik Alois Zoubek

Jaroslav Marvan

notář Pavlík

Ella Nollová

komediantka

Marie Blažková

teta Kroužilka

Bolek Prchal

cirkusák

Karel Němec

cirkusák

František Velebný

pacient MUDr. Matyse

Antonín Drvota

pacient MUDr. Matyse

Jarmila Šmídová

členka ženského sdružení

Karel Postranecký

oddávající úředník

F. X. Mlejnek

muž s bolavým zubem

Jindra Hermanová

zákaznice v dámském salónu

Marie Nademlejnská

vdavekchtivá žena

Eliška Jílková

vdavekchtivá žena

Viktor Socha

vrchní ve vinárně

Vladimír Jedlička

nejstarší Bezdětkův synek

František Malý

host ve vinárně

František Beranský

host ve vinárně

Antonín Streit

host ve vinárně

Jiří Hron

host ve vinárně

Jiří Schreinzer

host ve vinárně

Milada Kramperová

členka ženského sdružení

Blanka Šléglová

komorná Mařenka

Crew and creators

Director of Photography

Josef Střecha

Production Designer

Jan Zázvorka

Set Designer

František Nestler

Production Manager

Václav Dražil

Cooperation

Antonín Frič (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Josef Stelibský

Music Performed by

Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Josef Stelibský)

Songs

Pojďte si hrát, dětičky (dětský fox)

Song Composer Josef Stelibský
Writer of Lyrics Čeněk Šlégl
Singer Ladislav Pešek

Zvonilo klekání (myslivecko-latinský valčík)

Song Composer Josef Stelibský
Writer of Lyrics Čeněk Šlégl
Singer sbor

Živijó, živijó

Singer sbor

Zelení hájové

Šly panenky silnicí

Production info

Original Title

Děti na zakázku

Czech Title

Děti na zakázku

English Title

Children to Order

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1938

Production Year

1938

Production specifications

date of censorship 03/1938
start of filming 7 March 1938
end of filming 15 March 1938

Premiere

premiere 25 March 1938 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Letka /1½ týdne/ a Máj /1 týden/, Praha)

Production

Nationalfilm

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Nationalfilm

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

76 min

Original length in metres

2 155 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Tobis – Klang

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech