The young actor František Lukavec experienced two joyful events in one day: he lived to see his first son born and was offered the role of the communist hero from the resistance Julius Fučík in a leading Prague theatre. The annoying thing is that he is to act with his former professor Tůma with whom he had a major conflict years ago. Also the situation at home gets complicated: after his wife's return from the maternity hospital, František does not have the proper conditions to study his role. In a club, the young man meets the worldly actress Müllerová who introduces him to influential people. František then begins to appear on TV, on radio and in film. Although all this contributes to his popularity, it prevents him from concentrated work in the theatre. Both his moral and artistic crisis affect his theatre colleagues as well as his wife. The revengeful Tůma provokes him; he even refuses to act with him. His wife takes the child and leaves for her mother's. At a communist meeting, František comes to realize what is the most important to him. During the dress rehearsal, Tůma fails to control himself, and in the role of the commissar Böhm, he slaps the young actor in the face. František succeeds to suppress the humiliation and acts to the end as if nothing happened. His moral victory is witnessed also by his wife who came in secret to watch František. And in a while, the rehearsal continues...
herec František Lukavec
režisér Suda
herec Vladimír Tůma
herečka Kaťa Müllerová
Jitka, Františkova žena
filmový režisér Kuba
Krutinová, Jitčina matka
sousedka Mařáčková
holič
herečka
herec
herec
herečka
herec
herec Beránek
herec
herec
inspicient
rekvizitář
nápověda
režisér
herec Karel Čížek
herec Standa Ruml
herečka Eva Malátová
herečka Dana Pelcová
rekvizitářka
inspicient
herec
herec Tonda Novák
herec Vašek Malát
herec
Františkův švagr
moderátor televize
Ančka, Jitčina sestra
šatnářka v Mánesu
kulisák
Mařáček, sousedčin muž
Kubova asistentka
syn Mařáčkových
pomocný režisér
kameraman
novinář v klubu
Sudova asistentka
herečka
herec
televizní režisér
miminko Vladimír Lukavec
Vladimír Nývlt
Milan R. Novotný, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Václav Cajthaml, Růžena Hulínská
Václav Lohniský (divadelní scény)
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)
Song Composer Ivan Řezáč
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Suchý
Singer sbor
Song Composer Ivan Řezáč
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Suchý
Singer Irena Kačírková
Song Composer Ivan Řezáč
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Suchý
Singer Irena KačírkováIvo Palec [dab]Jiří Suchý
Song Composer Ivan Řezáč
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Suchý
Singer Irena Kačírková
Zkouška pokračuje
Zkouška pokračuje
Rehearsal Continues
Jednoho dne byli tři [literární scénář]
film
featuretheatrical distribution
drama, psychological
Czechoslovakia
1959
1959
literary Screenplay approved 29 April 1959
technical Screenplay approved 3 June 1959
start of filming 6 July 1959
end of filming 16 November 1959
projection approval 28 December 1959
preview 26 August 1960 (kino Sevastopol /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 2 September 1960 /suitable for youths/ (kina Arbes /1 týden/, Dukla /1 týden/, Mír /1 týden/, Odboj /1 týden/, Svornost /1 týden/, Varšava /1 týden/, Veletrhy /1 týden/, Pasáž /2 týdny od 9. 9./, Radost /½ týdne od 9. 9./, Ořechovka /½ týdne od 13. 9./ a Revoluce /1 týden od 16. 9./, Praha)
Tvůrčí skupina Šmída – Kunc, František Břetislav Kunc (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Bohumil Šmída (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
feature film
98 min
2 780 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,37
black & white
sound
mono
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech
Festival: 2. festival českých a slovenských filmů Plzeň
1960
Plzeň / Czechoslovakia
Event: Umělecká soutěž k 15. výročí zrodu lidově-demokratické Československé republiky
1960
Praha / Czechoslovakia
