Women at the Petrol Station
Typology
featureLenght
longCzech title
Ženy u benzinuRuntime
84 minCountry
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1939Production year
1939Premiere
10.11.1939Language version
CzechDirector
Václav KubásekSynopsis
Milada Dvořáková has in front of her a wedding with her business partner Dub, owner of petrol stations. When she catches him in the arms of his secretary she breaks with him. She founds a competing firm ŽUB (Ženy u benzinu - Women at the Petrol Station) that employs predominantly single women. Dub also takes up the battle of competition. His situation is precarious because drivers are giving their preference to the petrol station staffed with girls. Dub still loves Milada, he desires a reconciliation, but in vain. In the meantime, the girls experience love affairs; they want to preserve their right to fall in love and they conspire against Milada. They throw a ball in her house, and they invite their boyfriends and even Dub. During the entertainment the underhanded factory owner Marič attempts with his companion to burglarize the safe. Dub assists in exposing and catching the thieves. Milada makes peace with him and everyone, boys and girls, prepares themselves for marriage. This marks the end of the independent enterprise of single women.
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Cast
Růžena Šlemrová
majitelka firmy ŽUB Milada Dvořáková
František Kreuzmann
majitel benzinových pump Václav Dub
Jiřina Sedláčková
pumpařka Máňa Dostálová
Božena Šustrová
pumpařka Tonča, sestra Máni
Zita Kabátová
revizorka pumpařek Anča Králová
Marie Norrová
pumpařka Katka Dlouhá
Anna Letenská
hospodyně u paní Dvořákové Alžběta
Vladimír Borský
pumpař ing.Jiří Hrubeš
Gustav Nezval
sedlák Karel Loukota
Fanda Mrázek
revizor a technik pump Franta Kalina
Vilém Pfeiffer
strážník Svoboda
Karel Černý
podvodný továrník Marič
Josef Příhoda
spící zákazník Vaněček
Jarmila Holmová
úřednice Berta Svobodová
Alois Dvorský
účetní Kovařík
Emanuel Kovařík
úředník
Tilda Brabcová
sekretářka Brázdová
Ota Motyčka
soukromý detektiv Sláma
Bedřich Bozděch
spící prodavač u pumpy
Bohuslav Kubásek
podvodný disponent Horský
Julius Baťha
policejní inspektor
F. X. Mlejnek
čtenář v autokaru
František Haller
cestující v autokaru
Václav Mlčkovský
právní poradce
Fráňa Vajner
svědek nehody
Anna Petřínská
svědkyně nehody
František Beranský
svědek nehody
Bolek Prchal
netrpělivý zákazník
Ladislav Janeček
záletník s autem
Slávka Rosenbergová
uchazečka o místo
Ella Nollová
uchazečka o místo
Marie Nademlejnská
uchazečka o místo
Darja Hajská
uchazečka o místo
Miloslava Skořepová
uchazečka o místo
Milka Balek-Brodská
uchazečka o místo
Marie Svobodová
pumpařka
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Director
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Based on
Vladimír Zika (Ženy u benzinu – román)
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Production Manager
Cooperation
Antonín Frič (fotograf)
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Production info
Original Title
Ženy u benzinu
English Title
Women at the Petrol Station
Parallel Title
ŽUB
Category
film
Typology
feature
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1939
Production Year
1939
Premiere
10.11.1939
Production
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Technical info
Lenght
long
Runtime
84 min
Versions
Czech