Visitors from the Clouds

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1954

Production year

1953—1954

Premiere

12 August 1955

Runtime

75 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Návštěva z oblak

Czech title

Návštěva z oblak

English title

Visitors from the Clouds

Synopsis

Cooperative members in Trnkov, the chairman of the Municipal National Committee and the chairman of the cooperative are convinced that they will be able to protect the results of their work if needs be. Thus they deem it unnecessary to establish a branch of the Svazarm (Union for Cooperation with the Army) in their village. The representatives of Svazarm from the sponsoring concern decide to teach them a lesson. On the Day of Defensive Power they publicly announce that they will send a group of paratroopers to Trnkov with the task of capturing the chairman of the cooperative Martin Bláha within 24 hours. The cooperative members take up the challenge, they employ a bodyguard for Martin and station various watches. On several occasions they believe that they are on the paratroopers' trail but the experienced group always give them the slip and even steal from the Committee building the honorary standard awarded for the greatest yield per hectare in the region. Before the time is up Martin is captured by Alena Veselá, a journalist and also part of the paratrooper division. In self-critical mode, Martin admits that hard work is not enough. Losing the game, however, does not prevent him from developing feelings for Alena.

Cast

Zdeněk Dítě

předseda JZD Martin Bláha

Jaroslav Vojta

předseda MNV Kalvoda

Vlastimil Brodský

mládežník Honza, Kalvodův syn

Alena Kreuzmannová

Marie, Honzova dívka

Rudolf Deyl ml.

družstevník Adam

Stella Zázvorková

Amálie, Adamova žena

Irena Kačírková

dopisovatelka Obrany lidu Alena Veselá

Jaromír Spal

představitel Svazarmu

Jan Maška

rozhlasový reportér

Jiří Sovák

výsadkář, nastávající ženich

Lubomír Lipský

výsadkář Svazarmu

Vladimír Dvořák

výsadkář Svazarmu

Vladimír Pucholt

mladý fotoamatér

Václav Trégl

otec mladého fotoamatéra

Zdeněk Mošnička

hromotluk

Ervín Tuháček

Emil Bolek

družstevník

Antonín Soukup

družstevník

Emil Kadeřávek

mladý družstevník

Vladimír Brabec

výsadkář radista

Jiří Němeček

radista Svazarmu

Rudolf Jelínek

mladý družstevník

Darja Hajská

žena na taneční zábavě

Josef Najman

trafikant

Zdeněk Martínek

mladý družstevník

Antonín Hardt

mladý družstevník

Rudolf Bůček

Vratislav Klégr

Crew and creators

Director of Photography

Rudolf Stahl ml.

Camera Operator

Eduard Kadeřábek

Production Designer

Miroslav Hrachovec

Set Designer

František Straka

Costume Designer

Erna Veselá

Make-Up Artist

Ladislav Bacílek

Sound Designer

Dobroslav Šrámek

Production Manager

Rudolf Fencl

Unit Production Manager

Ladislav Kalaš

Cooperation

Karel Ješátko (fotograf), Ústřední výbor Svazarmu, Krajský automotoklub Svazarmu Pardubice

Music

Music Composed by

Jan Rychlík, Vlastimil Hála

Selected Music

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Svatební pochod)

Music Performed by

Orchestr Karla Vlacha (Music Conducted by Karel Vlach)

Songs

Bolo nás jedenáct, už je nás len desať

Singer sbor

Production info

Original Title

Návštěva z oblak

Czech Title

Návštěva z oblak

English Title

Visitors from the Clouds

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1954

Production Year

1953—1954

Production specifications

start of filming 27 October 1953
the first film copy approved 30 December 1954
projection approval 07/1955
withdrawal from distribution 30 November 1975

Premiere

premiere 12 August 1955 /suitable for youths/ (kina Alfa /7 týdnů/, Oko /1 týden/, Revoluce /1 týden od 19. 8./, Mír /1 týden od 26. 8./, Odboj /1 týden od 2. 9./, Bystrica /1 týden od 9. 9./, Arbes /1 týden od 16. 9./ a Aero /1 týden od 23. 9./, Praha)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Studio

Barrandov

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

75 min

Original length in metres

2 147 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech