Petr and Pavel, two grown-up identical twins, have both devoted their lives to music. The serious Pavel, a music professor in Prague, appreciates nothing but classical music. He is unsympathetic to the growing interest in jazz and modern pop among his students, including his daughter Alena. Petr has moved to the United States a long time ago and, unlike his brother, he has taken up a lighter musical genre. Alena uses her uncle as an example in her arguments with her father until Pavel finally decides to put an end to all written contact with his brother in a rather unusual fashion. He announces to his family that Petr has died, and then sends his brother a note stating that Pavel and his family have died in a tragic accident. After some time, Petr arrives in Prague together with his son. He accidentally discovers Pavel's hoax and the two men have a fight when they meet. They then make up and the reunion celebration leaves them so drunk that Pavel is not able to go to school and cannot teach. Petr replaces his brother and wins the students over with a "witless" song. Petr wants to return for good to his home country, but needs to learn more about its new way of life. He persuades Pavel to swap their roles. Petr then does voluntary work, goes to school meetings, teaches and makes an effort to understand how people live, but he is not yet sure whether he should stay in Czechoslovakia. Pavel reproaches Petr for his caginess. The students, who learn from Petr that he has swapped roles with his brother, are also critical. They now have more appreciation for their professor, "Chopin the state builder" as they sarcastically used to call him. They show the professor their devotion and it seems that Petr could also find a place for himself in the Republic.
profesor hudby Pavel Fořt/Čechoameričan Petr Fonda, Pavlovo dvojče
Pavlína, Fořtova žena
Alena, Fořtova dcera
Robert Forda, Petrův syn
ředitel
psychiatr
předseda občanského výboru
učitelka češtiny
stařenka
Američanka
magistra
recepční
Čechoameričanka
výčepní
studentka Jarmila Křečková
student Osner
student
student Kvapil
student Rabiška
student
student Kubát
harmonikář
číšník
zákazník v lékárně
Malý
vousatý profesor
soused na pavlači
student
průvodčí
řidič nákladního auta
taxikář
cihlář Bohouš
praporčík SNB
student
student
učitel
žena
cizinec
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
průvodkyně
host v rybárně
Čechoameričan
Čechoameričanka
liftboy
student
členka ONV
člen ONV
host v taneční restauraci
cizinec
cizinec
tančící dívka
výčepní
důstojník, člen občanského výboru
student
profesor
příslušník SNB
Čechoameričan
muž na brigádě
žena na schůzi
student
přítelkyně
hlas cihláře Bohouše
Miloš Kohout, Eva Kolářová
Jiří Kalina, Karel Kracík, Josef Pavlík, Vojtěch Palek
Oldřich Mach, Jiřina Bissingerová, Jiří Budín, Rudolf Buneš, Marie Machová
Růžena Hulínská, Miroslav Smrček
Jana Cunderlová, Aleš Voleman, Miloslava Vojnová
Karel Vlach (Orchestr Karla Vlacha)
Škoda lásky, Když jsem já šel tou Putimskou branou, Páni učitelé, Já mám tetu, Ulehla rosa do trávy, Život je záhada jen pro jepice, Kdybych potkal Ginu Lolobrigidu
Jaromír Vejvoda (Škoda lásky), lidová píseň (Když jsem já šel tou Putimskou branou), Jiří Baur (Páni učitelé), Jiří Baur (Já mám tetu), Jiří Baur (Ulehla rosa do trávy), Jiří Baur (Život je záhada jen pro jepice), Jiří Baur (Kdybych potkal Ginu Lolobrigidu), Vlastimil Hála (Páni učitelé), Vlastimil Hála (Já mám tetu), Vlastimil Hála (Ulehla rosa do trávy), Vlastimil Hála (Život je záhada jen pro jepice), Vlastimil Hála (Kdybych potkal Ginu Lolobrigidu)
lidová píseň (Když jsem já šel tou Putimskou branou), Vratislav Blažek (Páni učitelé), Vratislav Blažek (Já mám tetu), Vratislav Blažek (Ulehla rosa do trávy), Vratislav Blažek (Život je záhada jen pro jepice), Vratislav Blažek (Kdybych potkal Ginu Lolobrigidu)
Oldřich Nový (Když jsem já šel tou Putimskou branou), Helga Čočková (Páni učitelé), Oldřich Nový (Já mám tetu), Helga Čočková (Ulehla rosa do trávy), Jan Tříska (Ulehla rosa do trávy), sbor (Život je záhada jen pro jepice), Jan Tříska (Kdybych potkal Ginu Lolobrigidu)
Dva z onoho světa
Two Men from another World
Muž z onoho světa
film
feature
music, comedy
Czechoslovakia
1962
1962
28 December 1962
Feix – Brož, Miloš Brož, Karel Feix
long
86 min
Czech