Lucie Jandová is made to cancel her wedding because the groom did not show up. The thing is, the groom, the son of industrialist Oldřich Ficek, drank too much and he spent the night before the wedding in the droshky of Mr. Šourek's, who tried in vain to convey the young man home. The cabdriver came in the morning to discuss the matter at the police station, and in the meantime the freshly awakened passenger had taken off after his bride with the droshky and the faithful horse Karel. Lucie, however, was extremely offended and Oldřich decided that he was going to marry the first girl he met. Karel found the way home himself and so the young man became acquainted with Šourek's daughter Boženka. She, the same as industrialist Ficek and Mrs. Jandová, endows him with the moniker 'good-for-nothing' who is not capable of making his own living. The swaggering young man wagers that he will endure a month of hard work. Boženka's hand in marriage and the horse with the droshky will be the prize. Oldřich begins to work in earnest in a brickyard, which frightens old Šourek because Karel the horse is his best friend. And Boženka has problems with her beau, the chimney-sweep Vašek. Lucie regains interest in her manly-looking fiancé. Both couples meet on an outing, but several squabbles still occur before they all again mutually agree. Oldřich has won the bet, but Boženka marries Vašek and droshky driver Šourek keeps his beloved horse.
drožkář Šourek
Boženka, drožkářova dcera
továrník Ficek
Oldřich, továrníkův syn
Jarmila Jandová, matka Lucie
Lucie Jandová
cihlářský dělník Tonda Fafejta
kominík Vašek
Klára, sestra Jarmily Jandové
majitel cihelny
rybář
řidič u Ficků František
domovnice Říhová
vrchní policejní inspektor
polír
listonoš
instalatér
zedník
host na zásnubách
vrátný v baru
pískař
cihlář
komorná u paní Jandové
strážník
strážmistr
lupič
holčička
kůň Karel
František Urbánek, Josef Zezulka, Antonín Kubový, Vladimír Valenta (adept režie)
Václav Dražil, Karel Feix (ředitel výroby)
Alois Raušer (jazykový poradce)
Antonín Frič (fotograf), Karel Hájek (fotograf)
Giuseppe Verdi (Rigoletto)
Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Josef Stelibský)
Song Composer Josef Stelibský
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav Mottl
Singer Jindřich Plachtaženský hlas
Song Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Singer Jindřich Plachta
Karel a já
Karel a já
Karel and I
Karl und ich
Oldřich a Božena
film
featuretheatrical distribution
comedy
Czechoslovakia
1942
1942
start of filming 3 June 1942
end of filming 07/1942
date of censorship 21 November 1942 (kulturně-výchovný)
date of censorship 1943 (predikát „uznáníhodný film“)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
date of censorship 2 July 1945 (konec povolení k promítání 2. 7. 1946)
date of censorship 13 June 1946 (konec povolení k promítání 31. 12. 1946)
withdrawal from distribution 29 May 1947
premiere 4 December 1942 /suitable for youths/ (kina Adria /3 týdny/, Kapitol /3 týdny/ a Phönix /3 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 20 July 1945 /suitable for youths/
Nationalfilm (původní 1942), Státní půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1945)
feature film
94 min
2 689 meters
35mm
1:1,37
black & white
sound
Tobis – Klang
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech, German