The Five Uncles

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1942

Production year

1942

Runtime

7 min

Director

Jan Kavan

Category

film

Genre

promotional

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Pět strýců

Czech title

Pět strýců

English title

The Five Uncles

Protectorate parallel title

Fünf Onkel

Synopsis

A newly-wed couple is showered with lots of similar wedding presents from their relations and they are hard put to hide their embarrassment. Then five of their uncles appear together. They are clutching boxes which look exactly the same so they are not exactly welcomed with great enthusiasm. It turns out, however, that the boxes contain a whole range of fabrics in all sorts of colours and designs; the couple are ecstatic. This is a promotional film for the textil Miltex company.

Note

The film was not submitted for censorship and probably not shown in cinemas.

Crew and creators

Director

Jan Kavan

Screenplay

Jan Kavan

Director of Photography

Bohumil Vích

Production Designer

Miroslav Pelc

Cooperation

Karel Chaloupka (umělecká spolupráce)

Music

Music Composed by

Miloš Smatek

Production info

Original Title

Pět strýců

Czech Title

Pět strýců

English Title

The Five Uncles

Protectorate Parallel Title

Fünf Onkel

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

promotional

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1942

Production Year

1942

Production specifications

date of censorship (nepředloženo cenzuře)

Premiere

premiere (neproběhla)

Production

Baalfilm

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

7 min

Original length in metres

190 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, German