The Old Tram
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1961Production year
1961Premiere
12 January 1962Runtime
82 minDirector
Milan VošmikCategory
filmGenre
children, fairytaleTypology
featurelongOriginal title
Pohádka o staré tramvajiCzech title
Pohádka o staré tramvajiEnglish title
The Old TramSynopsis
The holidays have started and children are leaving Prague to go to the country. Only Frantík comes to Prague instead to see his grandfather. His grandfather Fiala was a tram driver once. At his grandfather's home, Frantík meets the mischievous boy Pepík, who makes fun of the country bumpkin, but then takes Frantík to the tram depot where grandpa's old tram Terezka has been kept after being taken out of service. Terezka is now broken down and flaking. Pepík runs off leaving Frantík, scared to be alone at the depot; he thinks that the trams have come to life. Frantík pleads with grandpa for some money to buy paints and repaint the cheerless Terezka and save it from being scrapped. He doesn't have enough paint but the local children offer him some more and Terezka is soon freshly painted. Now Terezka takes Frantík and his friends for a ride through town to thank them. The children have to hide the old tram from the grown-ups and when the Great Tram Inspector discovers that it has been lost and he accuses the grandpa. Children from all over Prague start collecting scrap metal in order to buy Terezka and save her from the scrapyard. They succeed, the old tram is now fixed and painted over in blue and gold and now begins transporting children from nursery schools all over Prague.
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Cast
Jan Malaska
Frantík
Zdeněk Deyl
Pepík
Ivana Fišerová
Káťa
Dadulka Šimková
Alenka
Věra Machoňová
Špuntík
Josef Roubíček
klučík
Hana Pořízková
Olinka
Eva Nedvědová
Evička
Vladimír Horka
Preclík
Liliana Martoni
Cácorka
Helena Lišková
Helenka (blondýnka)
Miriana Raljičová
brýlatá Zuzka zvaná Zrzka
Václav Winter
Rudla (v proužkovaném tričku)
Jaroslav Chadraba
dubl za Václava Wintera
František Maxián
Karel (kluk s trumpetou)
Karel Smyczek
kluk zvaný Chemik
Josef Kemr
básník
Eman Fiala
řidič Antonín Fiala, Frantíkův děda
František Filipovský
velký tramvajový revizor
Josef Mixa
průvodčí Král, Pepíkův otec
Ladislav Gzela
výhybkář
Marcela Šilhánková
učitelka mateřské školy
Lubomír Kostelka
zapisovatel
Vladimír Navrátil
fotoreportér
Rudolf Pellar
profesor
Josef Příhoda
prodavač balonků
Commentary
Dubbing
Jiřina Bohdalová
hlas učitelky mateřské školy
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Eva Kubesová, Boca Abrhámová
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Script Editor
Camera
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Set Designer
Ivo Sýkora, H. Vrána, Ladislav Rada
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Stanislav Vondraš, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Vlastimil Maršálek, Věra Winkelhöferová, Jaroslav Vokurka
Consultant
inž. Milan Hašek
Cooperation
Anna Křemenová, Leopold Zeman, Eliška Kolaříková
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Music Conducted by
Štěpán Koníček (FISYO)
Songs
Jede se, jede zvesela, Je Praha město jeden úl, Abeceda, Jede tramvaj z kopečka, My chceme tramvaj, Písnička o Pepíkovi, Akce: heslo Terezka
Songwriter
Svatopluk Havelka (Jede se, jede zvesela), Svatopluk Havelka (Je Praha město jeden úl), Svatopluk Havelka (Abeceda), Svatopluk Havelka (Jede tramvaj z kopečka), Svatopluk Havelka (My chceme tramvaj), Svatopluk Havelka (Písnička o Pepíkovi), Svatopluk Havelka (Akce: heslo Terezka)
Writer of Lyrics
Josef Kainar (Jede se, jede zvesela), Josef Kainar (Je Praha město jeden úl), Josef Kainar (Abeceda), Josef Kainar (Jede tramvaj z kopečka), Josef Kainar (My chceme tramvaj), Josef Kainar (Písnička o Pepíkovi), Josef Kainar (Akce: heslo Terezka)
Singer
dětský sbor (Jede se, jede zvesela), Rudolf Pellar (Je Praha město jeden úl), dětský sbor (Abeceda), dětský sbor (Jede tramvaj z kopečka), dětský sbor (My chceme tramvaj), dětský sbor (Písnička o Pepíkovi), dětský sbor (Akce: heslo Terezka)
Production info
Original Title
Pohádka o staré tramvaji
English Title
The Old Tram
Category
film
Typology
feature
Genre
children, fairytale
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1961
Production Year
1961
Premiere
12 January 1962
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
Šmída – Fikar, Ladislav Fikar, Bohumil Šmída
Technical info
Lenght
long
Runtime
82 min
Versions
Czech