Angel in the Mountains

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1955

Production year

1955

Premiere

25 November 1955

Runtime

91 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Anděl na horách

Czech title

Anděl na horách

English title

Angel in the Mountains

Summary

Following the success of 1952’s Dovolená s Andělem (Holiday with Angel), director Bořivoj Zeman returned to the character of the curmudgeonly ticket inspector Gustav Anděl with this loose 1955 sequel. While in the first film, the protagonist travelled to a summer trade union camp, in Anděl na horách (Angel in the Mountains) the character visits the summertime High Tatra Mountains. However, this time Mr. Anděl – reflecting the post-Stalin-era slight loosening of political repressions – focuses more on personal problems than social ones related to “building a better future”. For the inspector’s son has become engaged to a certain Věra, and the conservative father wants to see if the young woman measures up. However, Anděl mistakenly confuses the pleasant young future bride with a woman of far looser morals. Jaroslav Marvan excels in the lead role in this popular comedy, once again superbly supported by Josef Kemr in the role of cellist Vyhlídka. Though this represented one of the most successful Czechoslovak films of the 1950s, a planned second sequel, in which Anděl was to visit the seaside, was unfortunately never produced.

Synopsis

Three young employees of Spofana Company, Zdeněk Soukup, his girlfriend Věra Novotná and their friend Věra Matoušková were rewarded for excellent work by a vacation in the mountain resort of Tatranská Lomnica. The Prague Transport Company controller Gustav Anděl also travels to the same destination as a reward. He does not know yet Věra, future wife of his son Mirek, and has decided to secretly check her behaviour in the absence of her fiancée. By mistake he considers Věra Novotná to be his son's girlfriend, and so his investigations cause him plenty of embarrassments. Nevertheless he enjoys his stay in the mountains, because he has met there Bohouš Vyhlídka, whom he has befriended during summer vacation two years ago. Meanwhile in Prague Mrs Andělová helps Věra's mother to exchange flats, so that their children would have a place of their own. During a trip to the Lomnický štít three holidaymakers are stuck in fog in a mountain cabin. So far Gustav Anděl was desperate because of the behaviour of his future daughter-in-law, who embraced Zdeněk all the time, and only there he finally notices he has mistaken her for Věra Matoušková. Now he is content, because this Věra is a perfect match for his son.

Cast

Jaroslav Marvan

revizor Dopravního podniku Gustav Anděl

Milada Želenská

Eliška, Andělova žena

Jaroslav Mareš

montér Mirek, syn Andělových

Josef Kemr

Bohouš Vyhlídka

Stella Zázvorková

Mánička, Vyhlídkova žena

Rudolf Deyl ml.

rekreační referent Puleček

Milena Dvorská

Věra Matoušková, Mirkova milá

Karol Machata

Zdeněk Soukup

Helena Loubalová

Věra Novotná, Zdeňkova milá

Vlasta Fabianová

Matoušková, Věřina matka

Mária Hájková

slovenská rekreantka Kolesárová

Inocenc Březina

horník Josef Maruščák

Theodor Pištěk

předseda závodní rady Dopravních podniků

Jaroslav Rozsíval

správce chaty na Lomnickém štítě

Branislav Koreň

správce zotavovny

Emil Bolek

předseda závodní rady Spofany

František Filipovský

rekreační referent Mejzlík

Stella Májová

sekretářka závodní rady

Arnošt Faltýnek

cestující v tramvaji

Darja Hajská

žena s šátkem v tramvaji

Milada Horutová

dáma v kožichu v lanovce

Gustav Hrdlička

rekreant jedoucí do Beskyd

Miroslava Langová

průvodčí v tramvaji

Marcela Sedláčková

pracovnice Spofany

Jiří Valenta

člen závodní rady

Vladimír Salač

rekreant s kytarou

Karel Exner

rekreant

Josef Buchar

O. Brauner

Crew and creators

Assistant Director

Štěpán Skalský, Květa Ondráková, Zdeněk Maršálek

Director of Photography

Jan Roth

Camera Operator

Josef Pechar, Josef Pávek

Production Designer

Karel Lier

Assistent Production Designer

Oldřich Bosák

Set Designer

Ladislav Winkelhöfer, Jiří Rulík

Costume Designer

Karel Postřehovský, Jaromír Lauda (maškarní scény)

Assistant Film Editor

Libuše Straňáková

Sound Designer

Milan R. Novotný

Assistant Sound Designer

Jaroslav Vokurka

Special Effects

Trikový ateliér

Production Manager

Rudolf Hájek

Unit Production Manager

Vlastimil Maršálek

Unit Production Manager

Luděk Marold

Cooperation

Karel Brož (vrchní osvětlovač)

Music

Music Composed by

Dalibor C. Vačkář

Music Performed by

FISYO (Music Conducted by Milivoj Uzelac)

Songs

Kytička bílá

Song Composer Dalibor C. Vačkář
Writer of Lyrics Květa Ondráková
Singer Vladimír Salač

Production info

Original Title

Anděl na horách

Czech Title

Anděl na horách

English Title

Angel in the Mountains

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1955

Production Year

1955

Production specifications

start of filming 6 April 1955
projection approval 11/1955
withdrawal from distribution 15 December 1976

Premiere

premiere 25 November 1955 /suitable for youths/ (kina Blaník /10 týdnů/, Oko /1 týden od 9. 12./, Revoluce /1 týden od 16. 12./, Odboj /1 týden od 23. 12./, Dukla /1 týden od 30. 12./, Bystrica /1 týden od 6. 1. 1956/, Vzlet /1 týden od 13. 1. 1956/, Aero /1 týden od 20. 1. 1956/, Mír /1 týden od 27. 1. 1956/ a Arbes /1 týden od 2. 2. 1956/, Praha)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

91 min

Original length in metres

2 588 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech, Slovak

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech

Awards

Vítěz

Event: Anketa Týdeníku Televize, TV Plus a České televize – Hrdina filmového úsměvu tisíciletí (nejoblíbenější postava české filmové veselohry)

2000
Praha / Czech Republic
Jaroslav Marvan