A Halo
Category
povídkaGenre
comedy, short-storyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionOriginal title
GlorieCzech title
GlorieEnglish title
A HaloSynopsis
The Slavia bank clerk Šembera has just got twins. His colleagues are congratulating him while the old accountant Knotek takes Šembera's account current to the superior. But the work is done badly and the chief clerk scolds Knotek in front of everybody. Knotek meekly defends himself, he doesn't want to spoil it for the newcomer Šembera. But he is really angry in fact, and complains to his only friend - the dog, when he arrives home. He decides to write a letter of explanation to the chief clerk. But Šembera visits him with big words of thanks and buns. Knotek decides not to reveal the fault of the young man. From that time on, he has a halo above his head. The brightly shining halo only causes him problems, though. The doctors at the psychiatric hospital almost torture him to death with their tests. Only the old doctor Vaňásek advises him to try to solve the problem in a slightly different manner: he has just to sin a little. Knotek goes to the office and tells off both Šembera and the chief clerk. He also reveals what really happened with the miscalculations. Finally, his halo disappears and Knotek is the good old accountant again.
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Cast
Ladislav Pešek
Knotek, účetní banky Slávie
Vlastimil Brodský
Šembera, úředník banky Slávie
Felix le Breux
prokurista banky
Bohuš Záhorský
MUDr. Vaňásek, lékař nemocenské pojišťovny
Eman Fiala
strážník Šebesta
Rudolf Deyl ml.
komisař
Václav Trégl
kostelník
Miloš Nedbal
profesor na psychiatrické klinice
Bedřich Vrbský
psychiatr na klinice
Josef Kemr
psychiatr na klinice
Václav Vydra ml.
psychiatr na klinice
Gustav Hrdlička
psychiatr na klinice
Lubomír Lipský
psychiatr, asistent na klinice
Gejza Sedlák
psychiatr na klinice
Stanislav Langer
psychiatr na klinice
Josef Šidlichovský
strážník Jelínek
Emil Dlesk
starý žebrák
Heda Marková
nábožná žena v kostele
Jiřina Bohdalová
dívka v průjezdu
Lola Skrbková
babka s mlékem na schodech
Milka Balek-Brodská
sousedka
Věra Váchová
bankovní stenotypistka
Bedřich Bozděch
farář
Jiří Ropek
varhaník
Marie Rosůlková
prostitutka Růžena Vašáková na komisařství
Fanda Mrázek
opilec na komisařství
Světla Svozilová
zdravotní sestra na psychiatrické klinice, jeptiška
Milada Želenská
zdravotní sestra na psychiatrické klinice, jeptiška
Hermína Vojtová
svačinářka v bance
Eva Šenková
sekretářka prokuristy banky
Václav Švec
bankovní úředník
Jaroslav Cmíral
bankovní úředník
Karel Pavlík
bankovní úředník
Ladislav Kulhánek
bankovní úředník
Mirko Musil
bankovní úředník
Elena Hálková
bankovní úřednice
Vladimír Pucholt
kominík/učeň
Vítězslav Černý
cestující v tramvaji
Hynek Němec
zatčený v tramvaji
Světla Amortová
zdravotní sestra v nemocenské pojišťovně
Ladislav Gzela
zadržený muž na komisařství
Antonín Soukup
pacient ve frontě s nemocnými zuby
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Based on
Karel Čapek (Glorie – povídka ze sbírky povídek Bajky a podpovídky)
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Art Director
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Special Effects
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Vratislav Innermann
Consultant
doc. MUDr. Václav Petráň
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)
Production info
Original Title
Glorie
Czech Title
Glorie
English Title
A Halo
Category
povídka
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy, short-story
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1958
Production Year
1958
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 20 February 1957
literary Screenplay approved 3 July 1957
technical Screenplay approved 22 January 1958
start of filming 12 March 1958
end of filming 5 October 1958
Copyright Holders
Studio
Technical info
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
