Between You and Me Who Are Thieves
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1963Production year
1963Premiere
21 February 1964Runtime
83 minDirector
Vladimír ČechCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Mezi námi zlodějiCzech title
Mezi námi zlodějiEnglish title
Between You and Me Who Are ThievesSynopsis
Lojza Bazan, a trickster making fraudulent offers of marriage, will soon be released from prison. The prisoner Béďa Musil recommends that he go to his own native village of Vejtonice, whose local Standard Farming Cooperative feeds the numerous Musil family more than well. Safe-breaker Laštovka and card-sharper Fafejta are released along with Lojza and the three set off try to find an easy and well-paid job. When they fail, Bazan recalls Béďa's advice, and they thus leave for Vejtonice. The local people are industrious but all the earnings of the cooperative go to the pockets of the many Musils who have got hold of important positions in the cooperative's board of directors. They employ Laštovka and Fafejta as members of the cooperative and immediately strip them of part of the money they earned in prison. Lojza worms himself into the confidence of Béďa's wife Růženka and begins to help her in the local pub. Both the former prisoners then become members of the board of directors, and, in order to have something to steal in the future, they introduce new rules in the establishment: the Musil family cannot enrich itself by the business any more and all members of the cooperative are to begin to work in a sideline production in winter. The cooperative eventually pays off its debts and begins to prosper. Both Laštovka and Fafejta get used to proper living and find themselves women for life. After the harvest, it is thus only the irredeemable Lojza and the just-released Béďa who try to steal the money. They are however caught and here they go - again to prison.
Note
The opening titles include pictures of the members of the film crew in the form if evidence cards of criminals.
Photos
Cast
Otomar Krejča
kasař Josef Laštovka, účetní JZD
Vladimír Menšík
sňatkový podvodník Lojza Bazan, číšník
Jiří Sovák
falešný hráč František Fafejta, jednatel JZD
Rudolf Deyl ml.
družstevník Josef Musil, bývalý předseda JZD
Václav Lohniský
družstevník Alois Musil, bývalý jednatel JZD
Bohuš Záhorský
družstevník dědek Vincent Musil, zootechnik JZD
Stella Zázvorková
hostinská Růžena Musilová
František Filipovský
vězeňský holič Béďa Musil, muž Růženy
Josef Beyvl
družstevník Emil Musil, ekonom JZD
Jaroslav Vojta
družstevník Oldřich Musil, mechanizátor JZD
Eman Fiala
družstevník Antonín Musil, agronom JZD
Jaroslav Mareš
družstevník Franta Musil, bývalý účetní JZD
Miloš Nedbal
družstevník Čeněk Musil, organizátor JZD
Josef Kemr
družstevník Paroubek, předseda JZD
Zuzana Stivínová
nadlesní Vlastička, dcera Josefa Musila
Jarmila Smejkalová
družstevnice Zdenka Zouzalová, vdova
Jaroslav Horký
družstevník Bořivoj Musil
Oldřich Lukeš
kapitán Mrázek
Jan Pohan
kapitán VB, náčelník
Jiří Steimar
předseda komise
Marcela Sedláčková
členka komise
Miloslav Šindler
člen komise
Zdeněk Týle
člen komise
Elena Hálková
družstevnice Božena Musilová
Blažena Vernerová
družstevnice Musilová, žena Josefa
Věra Ferbasová
družstevnice Marie Musilová
Eva Svobodová
družstevnice Hanousková
Ludmila Roubíková
družstevnice
Hermína Vojtová
družstevnice
Věra Hanslíková
Jindřiška
Věra Petáková
úřednice na pracovním úřadě
Zdeněk Jelen
nadporučík VB
František Kropáček
nadporučík VB
J. Biskup
syn Zouzalové
K. Biskupová
dcera Zouzalové
Gustav Hrdlička
hudebník ve věznici
Zdeněk Skalický
hudebník ve věznici
Otto Sattler
hudebník ve věznici
Karel Kocourek
pokladník ve spořitelně
Vítězslav Černý
tlustý muž ve vlaku
Jan Tříska
Jeníček, mladík v hospodě
Václav Podhorský
dozorce
Adolf Šmíd
muž se smrčkem
V. Sporková
kytaristka před komisí
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Continuity
Screenstory
Petr Gryner, Jiří Karásek
Screenplay
Jiří Karásek, Vladimír Čech, Pavel Juráček (dialogy)
Shooting Script
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Ivan Ernyei, Jiří Kalina, Josef Pavlík
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Pavel Jelínek, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Special Effects
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Václav Cajthaml, Věra Winkelhöferová
Unit Production Manager
Dagmar Rašilovová
Consultant
Karel Kalivoda
Cooperation
Miroslava Vopěnková (klapka), Jiří Stach (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)
Songs
Dále, jen dál
Song Composer Štěpán Lucký
Writer of Lyrics Pavel Kopta
Singer Otomar KrejčaVladimír MenšíkJiří Sovákmužský sbor
Klementajn
Song Composer lidová americká píseň
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Suchý
Singer V. Sporková
Production info
Original Title
Mezi námi zloději
Czech Title
Mezi námi zloději
English Title
Between You and Me Who Are Thieves
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1963
Production Year
1963
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 15 January 1963
technical Screenplay approved 28 March 1963
start of filming 22 April 1963
end of filming 2 August 1963
projection approval 31 October 1963
withdrawal from distribution 30 June 1973
Premiere
preview 7 February 1964 (kino Sevastopol /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 14 February 1964 /inaccessible for youths/ (kina Kotva /5 týdnů/, Flora /1 týden od 21. 2./, Revoluce /1 týden od 28. 2./, Kyjev /1 týden od 6. 3./ a Bystrica /1 týden od 13. 3./, Praha)
premiere 21 February 1964 /inaccessible for youths/ (celostátní)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Šmída – Fikar, Ladislav Fikar (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Bohumil Šmída (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
83 min
Original length in metres
2 371 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
