Mr Tau and Cold!
Typology
featureCzech title
Pan Tau a samá vodaRuntime
37Country
Czechoslovakia, Federal Republic of Germany, AustriaCopyright
1969Production year
1969Premiere
30.04.1971Language version
CzechDirector
Jindřich PolákSynopsis
Five-year old Kája likes to play most anywhere where water is. And just as his mother dresses him into clean clothes, he is already dirty and his mum has to wash all the time. One day, mummy punishes Kája for his mischiefs and the boy thus decides to run away from home - he takes advantage of mother's momentary distraction and there he is, gone. But it soon begins to rain and the boy hides in the booth by the rafting-yard. There, he discovers Mr Tau, drenched with rain, who has the ability to change into a small man and vice versa with a help of a magic bowler hat. Besides that, he can do a lot of other magic. He wants to help Kája, but his bowler shrank in the rain and lost its effect. He sets off with the boy to take him home, but Kája does not know the address and, moreover, all houses in the housing quarters look the same. In the docks, they board the Nautilus steamboat and go for a trip. The captain of the steamboat calls for the police, which pursues them. But Mr Tau swirls his bowler, which has begun working and can do magic again. The steamboat disappears in the waves, transforms into a sailing boat and sails through the city, landing right under the windows of the flat where little Kája lives.
Note
The film was distributed to Czech cinemas as part of the series Mr Tau Goes to School along with the feature film of the same title and the cartoon film Puzzle (directed by Zdeněk Seydl and Ludvík Kadleček). For more information about the series, see the note to the movie Mr Tau and Claudia.
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Cast
Otto Šimánek
pan Tau
Jaromír Kozák
Kája
Milena Dvorská
maminka
Bedřich Šetena
tatínek Karel
Beda Lak
kapitán parníku „Nautilus“
Ivo Niederle
velitel policistů
Stanislav Hájek
dopravní strážník
David Schneider
chlapec námořník
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Marta Křesinová, Vilém Kijonka, Pavla Marková
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Script Editor
Camera
Jaroslav Tuzar, Vladimír Malík (loutková část)
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Art Director
Stanislava Procházková (loutková část)
Set Designer
Jan Petrů, Václav Pošta, Augustin Valko
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Martin Baroch, Jan Syrový, Karel Prchal
Unit Production Manager
Lucie Hertlová
Cooperation
Zorka Chrastinová, Růžena Hejsková, Helena Lehovcová
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Music Conducted by
František Belfín (FISYO), Karel Vlach (Orchestr Karla Vlacha)
Choreographer
Production info
Original Title
Pan Tau a samá voda
English Title
Mr Tau and Cold!
Parallel Title
Pan Tau und lauter Wasser
Copyright
1969
Production Year
1969
Premiere
30.04.1971
Distribution
Creative Group
Švabík – Hofman, Ota Hofman, Erich Švabík
Technical info
Versions
Czech
Awards
Vítěz
Exhibition: 22. přehlídka filmů pro děti a mládež Benátky
1970
Benátky / Italy