At St. Matthew's
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1939Production year
1939Premiere
27 October 1939Runtime
86 minDirector
Jan SvitákCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
U svatého MatějeCzech title
U svatého MatějeEnglish title
At St. Matthew'sWorking title
U sv. MatějeSynopsis
Owner of a horticultural nursery, Matěj Brabenec, is bringing up his five daughters with his old assistant Pazdera. Their tranquil life is suddenly turned on its head when they become rich. Matěj, a band leader, accidentally hits a paralysed millionaire with his bugle; as a result the cripple recovers the use of his legs and in gratitude gives Matěj a vast sum of money. Matěj thereupon buys a villa and moves into it with his daughters, and he starts to lead a new life. He does not suspect that the sale of the villa was in fact only faked by a certain Irena, the lover of the impoverished owner. Irena furthermore manages to insinuate herself into Matěj's affections and bit by bit cheats him of all his money. The daughters are displeased by their father's spendthrift ways and get engaged to men in the staff despite father's objections. When he forbids his daughters to marry them, the daughters all leave the villa and move back in with with Pazdera at the nursery. They live happily there, the nursery prospers, and the eldest daughter, Máňa, is the first to have a child. Two years later the father, now absolutely beggared, turns up on their doorstep; he is embarrassed to introduce himself, but the daughters recognise him and forgive him.
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Cast
Jára Kohout
zahradník a kapelník Matěj Brabenec
Hana Vítová
Máňa, Matějova dcera
Jarmila Beránková
Růža, Matějova dcera
Věra Bartošová
Vlasta, Matějova dcera
Nancy Rubensová
Božka, Matějova dcera
Slávka Benešová
Liduška, Matějova dcera
František Paul
zahradník Pazdera, Matějův kamarád
Antonín Novotný
zahradnický pomocník Pepa Chládek
Čeněk Šlégl
majitel vily Vilém Parbus
Zita Kabátová
Irena Ludlesová, Parbusova milenka
Eman Fiala
kuchař Tonda Švejda
Jiří Vondrovič
řidič Václav Srbek
Antonín Zacpal
komorník Albert Malý
Jaroslav Marvan
notář Drbovzal
Doďa Pražský
vyvolávač na pouti
Slávka Rosenbergová
chiromantka
Frank Rose-Růžička
zápasník
Josef Svoboda
zápasník
Ota Motyčka
muzikant s basou
Josef Příhoda
muzikant s pozounem
Přemysl Pražský
muzikant s klarinetem
Jindřich Láznička
muzikant s houslemi
František Černý
muzikant s bubnem
Václav Švec
muzikant s klarinetem
Antonín Jirsa
zápasník
Karel Postranecký
vrchní U hroznu
Alois Dvorský
křepčící dědeček
Zbyšek Olšovský
host ve vinárně
Jiří Milan
host ve vinárně
Josef Venclů
kapelník
Rudolf Vašíček
harmonikář
Jiří Hron
ošetřovatel
Jan Černý
ošetřovatel
František Jerhot
bankovní úředník
Karel Roden
milionář Herbert Jackson
Maxmilián Zvěřina
řidič milionáře Jacksona
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Continuity
Screenstory
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 Jára Beneš)
Songs
Matějíčku, Matěji
Song Composer Jára Beneš
Writer of Lyrics Ladislav Brom
Singer Hana VítováJára KohoutFrantišek Paul
Nevěřím vám
Song Composer Jára Beneš
Writer of Lyrics Ladislav Brom
Singer Oldřich Kovář
Na Pankráci, na malém vršíčku
Singer Antonín Novotný
Production info
Original Title
U svatého Matěje
Czech Title
U svatého Matěje
English Title
At St. Matthew's
Working Title
U sv. Matěje
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1939
Production Year
1939
Production specifications
start of filming 20 August 1939
end of filming 09/1939
date of censorship 10/1939
projection approval 3 December 1945 (konec povolení k promítání 3. 12. 1946)
withdrawal from distribution 02/1946
Premiere
premiere 27 October 1939 /suitable for youths/ (kina Metro /2 týdny/, Praha /1½ týdne/ a Ráj /3 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 12/1945 /unsuitable for youths/
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
86 min
Original length in metres
2 460 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
