Baker Jan Racek is a very hard-working and sensible man. His great passion is pigeon-keeping and also, for many years, Růženka. They are going to get married but Racek is busy waiting for the pigeons' return and misses the wedding. The engaged couple is already getting a little older so the otherwise kind Růženka gets very angry at this and gives Racek an ultimatum - it's going to be her or the pigeons. Racek also has problems in his company Těspeč. He is protecting the slacker Kutílek for the sake of an old friendship and does the work for both of them. In addition, he still hasn't done any voluntary work in the Kladno mines since in his free time he helps out as a cook in the pub owned by his mother. After he gets pinned onto the notice board as a "disabled person" Racek becomes offended and takes a leave from work. He goes to Kladno to fetch a breeding pigeon and while looking for its owner finds himself inside the mine and accidentally goes down into the pit. When he discovers he won't get out of there so easily he joins the work. The unusual physical strain exhausts him entirely but he feels really happy in the end. He decides to join the voluntary work in the mine for a longer period. Růženka lets him keep breeding the pigeons after they're married and the lazybones Kutílek is fired from Těspeč.
pekař Jan Racek
pekař Kutílek
Růžena Juklíčková, Rackova snoubenka
Jirka Souhrada, Rackův synovec
Věrka Bártová, Jirkova přítelkyně
horník a holubář Alois Karásek
horník a pekař Vašek Holub
hostinská, Rackova maminka
předseda závodní rady
topič Karel Bárta, Věrčin otec
listonoš Václav
návštěvník hospody
návštěvníkova manželka
vrátný Brynda
žena s dětmi v hospodě
horník
pekař Karel
pekař Tonda
pekař Frantík
horník
hráč karet
hráč karet
hráč karet
pekař z černé pekárny
Josef Calta, František Krýzl
Ladislav Hanuš, Josef Beran (vedoucí výrobního štábu)
Věra Kršková
Karel Hrdlička (vrchní osvětlovač), Karel Šebík (fotograf), Josef Kříž
FISYO (Music Conducted by Otakar Pařík)
Singer sbor
Singer sbor
Racek má zpoždění
Racek má zpoždění
Mr Racek Is Late
film
featuretheatrical distribution
comedy
Czechoslovakia
1950
1950
start of filming 15 March 1950
end of filming 6 May 1950
the first film copy approved 06/1950
date of censorship 8 November 1950 (konec povolení k promítání 8. 11. 1955)
withdrawal from distribution 31 July 1976
premiere 22 December 1950 /suitable for youths/ (kina Blaník /3 týdny/, Lucerna /1 týden/, Oko /1 týden/, Alfa /3 týdny od 29. 12./, Arbes /1 týden od 5. 1. 1951/, Aero /1 týden od 12. 1. 1951/ a Revoluce /1 týden od 12. 1. 1951/, Praha)
I. tvůrčí kolektiv Otakara Vávry, Otakar Vávra (vedoucí I. tvůrčího kolektivu)
feature film
85 min
2 422 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,37
black & white
sound
mono
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech