Have You Seen Bobík?

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1944

Production year

1944

Premiere

15 September 1944

Runtime

86 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Neviděli jste Bobíka?

Czech title

Neviděli jste Bobíka?

English title

Have You Seen Bobík?

Parallel title

Wo ist Bobi?

Synopsis

Miss Hyacinta Horáková, while past her prime, is very wealthy and she decides to go off to a spa. She gives her sister-in-law Ludmila and her daughter Marcela who live in the same villa, her terrier Bobík to look after in her absence. Before long, the dog mysteriously disappears and there is nothing left for them but to advertise in the local paper and offer a reward. Ludvík Zoubek, who works for the paper as an artist for the classified advertising section, falls for Marcela as soon as he sees her. Enchanted by her, he hopes to make an impression on her and begins to look for the dog himself. Marcela's favours are also being sought by Richard, the stupid son of the banker Sup. Ludvík brings a dog to the villa after finding it in the street but this only causes him embarrassment since it isn't the right one. Meanwhile, the dog's real owner comes back to claim her pet. Šiška, a dog thief, sells Ludvík a dog but this is not the right one either, furthermore, the dog is a bitch. Bobík is also hunted by Mr Čtvrtek who is trying to ingratiate himself with Hyacinta. He overhears a conversation in a café between Sup and his son and he discovers that the banker stole the dog in order to speed up a marriage with Marcela. Hyacinta returns home and there are suddenly three dogs in the villa. The real one is finally brought home by Ludvík who is also rewarded with Marcela's heart.

Cast

Zdeňka Baldová

Ludmila Horáková

Jarmila Smejkalová

módní návrhářka Marcela, dcera Ludmily

Meda Valentová

Hyacinta Horáková, švagrová Ludmily

Svatopluk Beneš

kreslíř Ludvík Zoubek

Miroslav Homola

spisovatel Jakub Garden, Ludvíkův přítel

Dagmar Frýbortová

Jindřiška, Jakubova dívka

Rudolf Hrušínský

Richard, Supův syn

Jaroslav Marvan

vrchní inspektor pojišťovny Matyáš Čtvrtek

František Paul

Josef Pepíček, Čtvrtkův přítel

Jára Kohout

zloděj psů Vendelín Šiška z Podolí

Ferenc Futurista

zahradník u Supa Havrda

Vladimír Řepa

zahradník u Horákové Šamšula

Jindra Hermanová

majitelka Hafínka Žofie Patočková

Václav Pecián

uhlíř a zápasník René Maňas

Vladimír Růžička

starý Podskalák, Šiškův přítel

Antonie Langrová

bytná inspektora Čtvrtka paní Drtinová

Darja Hajská

služka Boženka

Antonín Jirsa

hospodský

Antonín Macháček

úředník v administraci novin

Rudolf Vašíček

harmonikář

Marie Hrdličková

návštěvnice kavárny

Viktor Socha

číšník

Gabriela Třešňáková

sousedka Hyacinty Horákové

Eva Bartáková

dceruška sousedky

Eva Šípová

majitelka nepravého teriéra

Monika Černínová

majitelka nepravého teriéra

Jindřich Kubovský

zpívající host v zahradní restauraci

Crew and creators

Assistant Director

Eduard Šimáček

Based on

Vladimír Peroutka (Neviděli jste Bobíka? – román)

Director of Photography

Karel Degl

Production Designer

Karel Škvor

Set Designer

Ina Kubová

Film Editor

Antonín Zelenka

Sound Designer

Stanislav Vondraš

Production Manager

Oldřich Papež, Vilém Brož (ředitel výroby)

Consultant

Jan Wenig (jazykový poradce)

Cooperation

Jaroslav Balzar (fotograf), Karel Hájek (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Josef Dobeš

Music Performed by

Orchestr Pragfilmu

Songs

Proč jen lidem pánbůh lásku dal /Proč jenom lásku...?/

Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics František Kudrna
Singer Dagmar FrýbortováMiroslav HomolaJarmila Smejkalová

Když jsem já ty koně pásal

Singer Ferenc Futurista

Ku Praze je cesta dlouhá

Vy mládenci, kteří jste jako já

Production info

Original Title

Neviděli jste Bobíka?

Czech Title

Neviděli jste Bobíka?

English Title

Have You Seen Bobík?

Parallel Title

Wo ist Bobi?

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1944

Production Year

1944

Production specifications

start of filming 11 February 1944
end of filming 06/1944
date of censorship 8 September 1944 (predikát „uznáníhodný film“)
projection approval 8 October 1945 (konec povolení k promítání 22. 5. 1947)
withdrawal from distribution 1947

Premiere

premiere 15 September 1944 /suitable for youths/ (kina Adria /3 týdny/, Lucerna /3 týdny/ a Phönix /3 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 1 December 1945 /suitable for youths/

Production

Lucernafilm

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Laboratories

Pragfilm

Distribution

Lucernafilm (původní 1944), Státní půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1945)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

86 min

Original length in metres

2 443 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