Between You and Me Who Are Thieves
Typology
featureLenght
longCzech title
Mezi námi zlodějiRuntime
83 minCountry
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1963Production year
1963Premiere
21.02.1964Language version
CzechDirector
Vladimír ČechSynopsis
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
Jiří Sovák
falešný hráč František Fafejta, jednatel
Rudolf Deyl ml.
Josef Musil
Václav Lohniský
Alois Musil
Bohuš Záhorský
dědek Vincek Musil
Stella Zázvorková
hostinská Růžena Musilová
František Filipovský
vězeňský holič Béďa Musil, manžel Růženy
Josef Beyvl
Emil Musil
Jaroslav Vojta
Oldřich Musil
Eman Fiala
Antonín Musil
Jaroslav Mareš
Franta Musil
Miloš Nedbal
Čeněk Musil
Josef Kemr
předseda JZD Paroubek
Zuzana Stivínová
nadlesní Vlastička, dcera Josefa Musila
Jarmila Smejkalová
družstevnice Zdenka Zouzalová
Jaroslav Horký
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
Božena Musilová
Blažena Vernerová
Musilová, žena Josefa
Věra Ferbasová
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
synek Zouzalové
K. Biskupová
dcerka 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
muž v hospodě
Václav Podhorský
dozorce
Adolf Šmíd
muž se smrčkem
V. Sporková
kytaristka
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Petr Gryner, Jiří Karásek
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Camera
Second Unit Photography
Eduard Kadeřábek
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Set Designer
Ivan Ernyei, Jiří Kalina, Josef Pavlík
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Pavel Jelínek, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Václav Cajthaml, Věra Winkelhöferová
Unit Production Manager
Dagmar Rašilovová
Consultant
Karel Kalivoda
Cooperation
Miroslava Vopěnková, Eliška Švarcová, Věra Líznerová
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Music Conducted by
František Belfín (FISYO)
Songs
Dále, jen dál, Klementajn
Songwriter
Štěpán Lucký (Dále, jen dál), lidová americká píseň (Klementajn)
Writer of Lyrics
Pavel Kopta (Dále, jen dál), Jiří Suchý (Klementajn)
Singer
Otomar Krejča (Dále, jen dál), Vladimír Menšík (Dále, jen dál), Jiří Sovák (Dále, jen dál), sbor (Dále, jen dál), V. Sporková (Klementajn)
Production info
Original Title
Mezi námi zloději
English Title
Between You and Me Who Are Thieves
Category
film
Typology
feature
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1963
Production Year
1963
Premiere
21.02.1964
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
Šmída – Fikar, Ladislav Fikar, Bohumil Šmída
Technical info
Lenght
long
Runtime
83 min
Versions
Czech