Examples Work Wonders

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1939

Production year

1939

Premiere

25 August 1939

Runtime

91 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Příklady táhnou

Czech title

Příklady táhnou

English title

Examples Work Wonders

Synopsis

Jiřina, a law student, is travelling to her grandmother's for the holidays. She is given a lift by her friends Vašek and Karel in their car since they have a cottage not far from grandmother's villa. A second granddaughter lives at granny Bártlová's house, the fifteen-year-old Jarmila who has to suffer the conservative views of the old lady and her strict upbringing. Family friend and doctor Kosina is a frequent visitor to the villa, coming to treat the imaginary ailments which the grandmother dreams up. Grandmother does not agree with the lifestyle of the modern young men but she changes her negative attitude towards Vašek and Karel when the latter, a medical student, saves the life of the gardener's son when he is involved in an accident. Grandmother starts going on walks in the countryside and eventually gives up her pills. Along with her views, she also changes the way she dresses. Finally she asks Vašek, a student of architecture, to renovate her house so it can be filled with more sunlight. She is unable, however, to grasp the art of driving a car and realises that she had been behaving foolishly. She therefore entertains modern views but adopts a way of life more in keeping with her age.

Cast

Růžena Nasková

Růžena Bártlová

Nataša Gollová

studentka práv Jiřina, vnučka Bártlové

Stella Májová

Jarmila, druhá vnučka paní Bártlové

Jiří Steimar

MUDr. Kosina, přítel paní Bártlové

Antonín Novotný

student medicíny Karel

R. A. Strejka

student architektury Vašek

Jan Pivec

Kolář, podvodník s obrazy

Vlasta Hrubá

vychovatelka Klára Pěkná

Bolek Prchal

zahradník Kozel

Milada Smolíková

Kozlova žena

Vladimír Salač

Eman, syn Kozlových

Emilie Hráská

komorná Žanynka

Vilém Pfeiffer

četnický strážmistr

Ladislav Janeček

Kolářův šofér

Walter Sent

divák na kopané

Božena Helclová

divačka na kopané

Václav Suldovský

instruktor autoškoly

Crew and creators

Based on

Jan Snížek (Příklady táhnou – divadelní hra)

Director of Photography

Jaroslav Tuzar

Production Designer

Jan Zázvorka

Set Designer

Rudolf Žák

Film Editor

Marie Bourová

Sound Designer

Emanuel Formánek

Production Manager

Karel Šilhánek, Karel Feix (ředitel výroby)

Cooperation

Antonín Frič (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Josef Stelibský

Music Performed by

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

Production info

Original Title

Příklady táhnou

Czech Title

Příklady táhnou

English Title

Examples Work Wonders

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1939

Production Year

1939

Production specifications

date of censorship 08/1939
projection approval 11/1945 (konec povolení k promítání 12. 5. 1947)

Premiere

premiere 25 August 1939 /suitable for youths/ (kina Na Příkopě /2 týdny/ a Světozor /2 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 27 November 1945 /suitable for youths/

Production

Nationalfilm

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Nationalfilm (původní 1939), Státní půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1945)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

91 min

Original length in metres

2 600 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