The Number 93 Will Not Return

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1958

Production year

1958

Runtime

24 min

Category

film

Genre

educational

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Číslo 93 se nevrátí

Czech title

Číslo 93 se nevrátí

English title

The Number 93 Will Not Return

Working title

Anděl 93

Summary

Educational film about an angel, enchanted by the Czechoslovak healthcare system and the care of a woman and child so much that he decides to stay on Earth.

Synopsis

An animated scene: the Lord sends Angel 93 to Czechoslovakia to take care of Milena Nováková, who doesn't yet know that she is pregnant. The angel, in a form of a young girl, wants to take care of the future mother, but she herself attends prenatal consultations and fitness classes for pregnant women. At a lecture, a handsome young doctor tells the future mothers about painless childbirth. In order not to have sinful thoughts, the angel prefers to play marbles with the boys. The angel casts a spell on the boys, and they leave the playground in disappointment. At a pharmacy, the mother-to-be gets free essential vitamins and at a fabric store a complete outfit. The angel feels useless, especially when Milena leaves for a maternity hospital in an ambulance and not in the taxi he has prepared for her. Several animated passages pass where the Lord reacts to the events. The angel who becomes the guardian for Milena's little Jituška has nothing else to do either. The state healthcare system provides important vaccinations and medical care so that Jituška can be cured even from the dangerous scarlet fever. The angel decides not to go back to heaven, but becomes a nurse named Květa and starts working at the hospital.

Cast

Marie Tomášová

anděl 93, později sestra Květa

Eliška Kuchařová

maminka Milena Nováková

František Horák

mladý lékař

Nancy Standardová

zaměstnanci Vojenské lékařské nemocnice v Hradci Králové

Commentary

Ivana Křížková

Crew and creators

Screenstory

Hanuš Burger

Screenplay

Hanuš Burger

Commentary by

Jiří Mucha

Director of Photography

Svatopluk Malý

Art Director

Vladimír Lehký

Film Editor

Milada Sádková

Production Manager

Josef Soukup

Music

Music Composed by

Miloslav Kuba

Music Performed by

Komorní orchestr (Music Conducted by Miloslav Kuba), Pražské kvarteto, Rejlkovo kvinteto

Production info

Original Title

Číslo 93 se nevrátí

Czech Title

Číslo 93 se nevrátí

English Title

The Number 93 Will Not Return

Working Title

Anděl 93

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

educational

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1958

Production Year

1958

Production specifications

projection approval 18 February 1959

Premiere

preview 30 October 1959 (kino Sevastopol /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 13 November 1959 /suitable for youths/ (kino Metro /2 týdny/, Praha)

Distribution slogan

no caption

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

24 min

Original length in metres

671 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Animation technique

cartoon, combined (technique), feature

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech, commentary

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech