The Five-Crown Note
Category
filmGenre
childrenTypology
featuretheatrical distributionshortOriginal title
PětikorunaCzech title
PětikorunaEnglish title
The Five-Crown NoteSynopsis
Young Pavel and his friends are fascinated by an electrical engineer working on a street post. Pavel's mother calls him home and gives him an empty milkcan and five crowns and tells him to go and buy some milk. On the way he drops the milkcan. He buys the milk at the dairy but cannot find the money. The engineer, who is sitting there having his lunch, lends him the five crowns saying that they're friends now, after all. At home Pavel washes his hands and the five-crown note falls out of his sleeve. The surprised boy goes outside again and stops at the ice-cream seller, the confectioner's and the toyshop, but doesn't buy anything for the time being. He even goes to visit the fair. He resists the temptation to try the merry-go-round, the shooting range, dodgem cars and the fairground motor scooters. He remembers the kind engineer and runs to his caravan. He returns the money with a smile.
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Production info
Original Title
Pětikoruna
Czech Title
Pětikoruna
English Title
The Five-Crown Note
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
children
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1959
Production Year
1959
Production specifications
projection approval 11 February 1960
Premiere
non-distribution premiere 24 March 1960 (televizní uvedení ČST)
premiere 14 October 1960 /suitable for youths/
renewed premiere 6 February 1970 /suitable for youths/ (kino Nonstop '60 /1 týden/, Praha)
Distribution slogan
no caption (1960) / no caption (1970)
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Ústřední půjčovna filmů (původní 1960 a obnovená 1970)
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
15 min
Original length in metres
407 meters
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
Awards
Vítěz
Festival: 2. mezinárodní festival dětského filmu Mar del Plata
1961
Mar del Plata / Argentina
Vítěz
Festival: 13. mezinárodní festival dětských filmů Benátky
1961
Benátky / Italy
Vítěz
Event: Mezinárodní filmové setkání mládeže Cannes
1960
Cannes / France
Vítěz
Festival: 2. festival českých a slovenských filmů Plzeň
1960
Plzeň / Czechoslovakia
