Pipes
Country
Czechoslovakia, AustriaCopyright
1966Production year
1965—1966Premiere
16 September 1966Runtime
84 minDirector
Vojtěch JasnýCategory
povídkový filmGenre
comedy, short-storyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
DýmkyCzech title
DýmkyEnglish title
PipesParallel title
Pfeifen, Betten, TurteltaubenWorking title
Čtyři dýmkySummary
Based on a book by Soviet writer Ilja Ehrenburg, this 1966 Czechoslovak-Austrian co-production offers three whimsical tales. Director Vojtěch Jasný guided this feature-film project in between duties directing the celebrated works Až přijde kocour (That Cat..., 1963) and Všichni dobří rodáci (All Good Countrymen, 1968). The trio of light-hearted historical tales from the pen of the unabashed West-loathing Ehrenburg is only politically neutral on the surface. All three show a simple pipe illustrating the laughable incompetence of the arrogant, archaic English. The first story features an actor so spellbound by his role that he ceases to be aware of the real world; in the second and third stories the pipe comes to symbolise adultery and impotence. This less-than-subtle co-production features a mixed cast. The film’s competitive screening at the Cannes Film Festival can be understood as a push by its foreign co-producer, following the previous screening of two of director Jasný’s films at the festival – namely Touha (Desire, 1958) and That Cat...
Synopsis
Three short stories.
Note
It was originally planned to film another, fourth tale, The Captain´s Pipe. Adolf Hoffmeister collaborated on the screenplay for the tale The Lord´s Pipe.
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Cast
Walter Giller
Voice by Miloš Kopecký
herec George Randy
Gitte Haenning
Voice by Jiřina Jirásková
herečka Mary, Randyho žena
Juraj Herz
herec William Poker, hrající Joea
Václav Lohniský
režisér
Jaroslav Štercl
herec Jurs, hrající překupníka kožešin
Karel Effa
pastor
Josef Hlinomaz
vetešník
Vladimír Hrubý
listonoš
Stanislav Litera
pomocný režisér
Nadja Tiller
žena ve vězení
Oldřich Velen
lékař
Adolf Filip
policista
Vladimír Ptáček
člen štábu
Josef Elsner
člen štábu
Jana Brejchová
lady Mary
Richard Münch
Voice by Felix le Breux
lord Edward Grayton
Vít Olmer
lord William
Jan Kačer
psář John
Jana Andresíková
komorná
Vivi Bach
Voice by Iva Janžurová
Elsa
Gerhard Riedmann
Voice by Jiří Sovák
myslivec Kurt, Elsin muž
Waldemar Matuška
italský zajatec Marcello
Dubbing
František Hanus
hlas prodavače dýmek
Zdeněk Řehoř
hlas oddávajícího kněze
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Based on
Ilja Erenburg (Třináct dýmek /Trinadcať trubok/ – kniha)
Screenplay
Vojtěch Jasný, Adolf Hoffmeister (spolupráce na scénáři povídky Dýmka lordova)
Shooting Script
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Production Designer
Set Designer
Jiří Rulík
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Consultant
dr. Daniel Stanko
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Johann Strauss (Radeckého pochod /Radetzky-Marsch/)
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)
Choreographer
Production info
Original Title
Dýmky
Czech Title
Dýmky
English Title
Pipes
Parallel Title
Pfeifen, Betten, Turteltauben
Working Title
Čtyři dýmky
Category
povídkový film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy, short-story
Origin country
Czechoslovakia, Austria
Copyright
1966
Production Year
1965—1966
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 27 November 1964
technical Screenplay approved 20 August 1965
start of filming 1 September 1965
end of filming 22 February 1966
projection approval 24 May 1966
withdrawal from distribution 1 June 1971
Premiere
premiere 16 September 1966 /unsuitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 23 September 1966 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Alfa /6½ týdne/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Novotný – Kubala, Bedřich Kubala (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Ladislav Novotný (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
84 min
Original length in metres
2 373 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,66, 1:2,35
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
