Daddy, Buy Me a Puppy
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1964Production year
1963Premiere
6 November 1964Runtime
76 minDirector
Milan VošmikCategory
filmGenre
children, comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Táto sežeň štěněCzech title
Táto sežeň štěněEnglish title
Daddy, Buy Me a PuppySummary
The amusing family film Daddy, Buy Me a Puppy by the deceased director Milan Vošmik captures with insight the worries of news editor Hlavsa (Miroslav Horníček), who must take care of his three children after his wife leaves for business training. His plan to take the children and their grandmother to the cottage meets with the grandmother's advice that it would be a good idea to get a dog for the safety of the cottage in the middle of the woods. Most of the exteriors were filmed in Kytlice near Česká Kamenice in North Bohemia.
Synopsis
The summer school holiday begins and editor Hlavsa is looking forward to having a calm and peaceful house as soon as he takes his three children and grandmother to the summer cottage. The editor-in-chief, however, takes him by unpleasant surprise, asking him to write feature-articles from the life of children, which are to be regularly published in the summer time. The grandmother is a little scared in the countryside and, imprudently, expresses her wish to the children that they should have a dog to guard them. The children love animals, and thus agree happily. Hlavsa first resists but then arrives with a kitten at least. The children are not satisfied with that and go on longing for a dog. The whole matter serves Hlavsa as the subject for his first column, which meets unexpected success. The editor-in-chief gives him a puppy for the children. Hlavsa is looking forward to surprising the children on Saturday - but there is a surprise waiting for him instead. In the cottage, he is welcomed by eleven dogs of various races and sizes which either arrived as gifts from people who had read Hlavsa's articles or the children got themselves.
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Cast
Miroslav Horníček
redaktor Hlavsa
Jiřina Šejbalová
babička
Jarmila Smejkalová
Hlavsova žena
Rudolf Řepík
Milan, syn Hlavsových
Zdeněk Deyl
Franta, syn Hlavsových
Zuzana Ondrouchová
Olga, dcera Hlavsových
Jaroslav Marvan
šéfredaktor
Marcela Jandová
Tonina
Čestmír Řanda
Holina
Dagmar Zikánová
Holinova žena
Karel Smyczek
Honza, syn Holinových
Vlastimil Brodský
hajný Jakoubek
Jaroslav Štercl
redaktor
Josef Beyvl
výpravčí
Zdeněk Braunschläger
redaktor
Ivanka Devátá
sekretářka v redakci
Karel Hovorka
muž v plášti
Martin Mrázek
Honza
Vladimír Navrátil
tiskař v redakci
Milan Neděla
praporčík VB Karel, Honzův švagr
Josef Pehr
průvodčí autobusu Vaňha
Josef Příhoda
hostinský
Sonja Sázavská
Jakoubková
Světla Svozilová
starší žena v Povlčíně
Jana Štěpánková
lékařka
Stella Zázvorková
průvodčí tramvaje
Gabriela Bártlová-Buddeusová
správcová
Čestmír Řanda ml.
chlapec hrající na saxofon
Bohumila Šourková
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Drahomíra Reňáková, Zdena Kracíková, Zdena Švarcová
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Jaroslav Ciboch, Karel Lukáš, Marta Měřínská
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Stanislav Vondraš, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Cooperation
Jiřina Brandejsová (klapka), Antonín Stránský (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)
Songs
Dospělí, dospělí
Song Composer Svatopluk Havelka
Writer of Lyrics Pavel Kopta
Singer Rudolf Pellar
Často na to myslívám
Song Composer Svatopluk Havelka
Writer of Lyrics Pavel Kopta
Singer dětský hlassbor
Já jsem malý mysliveček
Production info
Original Title
Táto sežeň štěně
Czech Title
Táto sežeň štěně
English Title
Daddy, Buy Me a Puppy
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
children, comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1964
Production Year
1963
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 20 May 1963
technical Screenplay approved 4 July 1963
start of filming 29 July 1963
end of filming 18 December 1963
projection approval 18 March 1964
withdrawal from distribution 31 August 1976
Premiere
premiere 4 June 1964 /suitable for youths/ (kino Vesna, Praha)
premiere 6 November 1964 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Švabík – Procházka, Jan Procházka (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Erich Švabík (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
76 min
Original length in metres
2 174 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
Awards
Vítěz
Festival: 16. mezinárodní filmový festival pro děti a mládež Benátky
1964
Benátky / Italy
Vítěz
Exhibition: 4. celostátní přehlídka československých filmů pro děti a mládež Gottwaldov
1964
Zlín / Czechoslovakia
