A Search for Mr Tau
Country
Czechoslovakia, Federal Republic of Germany, AustriaCopyright
1972Production year
1969—1971Premiere
5 May 1972Runtime
30 minDirector
Jindřich PolákCategory
filmGenre
childrenTypology
featuretheatrical distributionshortOriginal title
Hledá se pan TauCzech title
Hledá se pan TauEnglish title
A Search for Mr TauParallel title
Pan Tau wird gesuchtSynopsis
Small Claudie lost a figurine of Mr Tau. Her grandfather offers a great reward to the finder. This information together with an amateurish Claudie's drawing spreads around the whole world. Mr Tau is searched also by Emil's bunch of children, who also like the magic little man. Claudie makes friends with the children. While they are searching together the children are brought by the smart dog Žerýk to the shop Lost and Found Property. The morose boss has the figurine, but when the children tell him that the figurine can conjure, he does not give it to them. He learns how to deal with the bowler hat and he starts conjuring. He keeps Mr Tau who grew in a human size in his warehouse. He does not know that the surrounding of the house is watched by Žerýk and other dogs.
Note
The story Search for Mr. Tau was distributed in cinemas in a block of two other stories: Mr. Tau and Thousand Spells and Mr. Tau and a Taxi Driver.
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Cast
Otto Šimánek
pan Tau
Jan Werich
bohatý pan Viola
Veronika Renčová
Claudie, Violova vnučka
Miloš Kopecký
vousáč, vedoucí Ztrát a nálezů
Josef Filip
Emil
Josef Vytasil
kluk-cvalík
Jaroslav Ševčík
pihovatý kluk
Jan Vyčítal (2)
vlasatý kluk
Hana Hátleová
holka s mašlí
Jana Skřivánková
holka s kočkami
Ladislav Krečmer
vedoucí cukrárny
Helena Pelikánová
prodavačka
Zdena Dančíková
prodavačka
Vlastimil Fišar
ředitel Interpolicie
Arnošt Navrátil
policista
Jiří Fictum
dubl za M. Kopeckého
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Jiří Potsch, Robert Vacík, Pavla Marková
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Script Editor
Director of Photography
Jaroslav Tuzar, Vladimír Malík (loutková část)
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Art Director
Stanislav Látal (loutková část)
Set Designer
Jan Petrů, Václav Pošta, Jiří Žůček
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Jan Syrový, Martin Baroch, Dana Dudová
Unit Production Manager
Lucie Hertlová
Cooperation
Dagmar Ševčíková, Růžena Hejsková
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín), Orchestr Karla Vlacha
Songs
Zaprášený blues
Songwriter Jiří MalásekJiří BažantVlastimil Hála
Writer of Lyrics Ota Hofman
Singer Miloš Kopecký
Production info
Original Title
Hledá se pan Tau
Czech Title
Hledá se pan Tau
English Title
A Search for Mr Tau
Parallel Title
Pan Tau wird gesucht
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
children
Origin country
Czechoslovakia, Federal Republic of Germany, Austria
Copyright
1972
Production Year
1969—1971
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 4 March 1969
start of filming 28 July 1969
end of filming 26 September 1971
projection approval 18 February 1972
Premiere
premiere 5 May 1972
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
Dramaturgická skupina Oty Hofmana, Ota Hofman (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny), Výrobní skupina Ericha Švabíka, Erich Švabík (vedoucí výrobní skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
30 min
Original length in metres
842 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Versions
Czech
