The Three Innocent
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1973Production year
1973Premiere
1 March 1974Runtime
91 minDirector
Josef MachCategory
filmGenre
comedy, crimeTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Tři nevinníCzech title
Tři nevinníEnglish title
The Three InnocentSummary
The inexplicable similarity of four men forms the basis for this simple comedy made by director Josef Mach in 1973. The story – from a screenplay devised by Mach himself – starts out with the robbery of a cinema box office. One after another, car thief Halama, shy bridegroom Poupě, the jealous and divorcing Pic and cinema projectionist Vlk become the prime suspects. However, they are so similar in appearance that jovial police detective Panenka (Josef Bek) keeps getting them mixed up. The rather mechanically construed plot of Tři nevinní (The Tree Innocent), which verges on an action movie, first puts the men behind bars and then into the same hospital... Starring as all four suspects is Jiří Sovák, who tries to dramatically differentiate between the three innocent and one guilty man. Libuše Švormová, Marie Drahokoupilová and Kateřina Buriánová appear in the female roles of this motion picture in which all the clues point to the town of Kolín.
Synopsis
The police are investigating a robbery in the Avia cinema. The injured cashier gives a description of the robber which fits exactly the thief Halama having just stolen a Citroën car with all luggage inside. He is being watched by Boženka who has "bills outstanding" with him. When she spots him then at the florist's, she does not hesitate and calls the police. However, the man with a bunch of flowers is not Halama but Poupě who is going to marry on this day and looks very much like Halama. Halama parks his car in front of the station and sends the luggage to Kolín by train. In no time he is taken in the custody and accused of the robbery. The bride Jaruška waits at the town hall for her bridegroom in vain and sets out to look for him. She finds him in a phone booth, very angrily calling to a woman. Mr Pic, looking just like Poupě, is getting divorced; the crying bride is a nuisance to him and he is shocked. Also Pic is apprehended by the police and so the three men looking just alike meet behind bars, and Jaruška cannot tell who her fiancée is. The cinema cashier cannot identify the robber, and so all of them are released. Halama picks keys to the stolen car from a hide. Boženka wants to get her share and goes to Kolín with him. On their way, after being hunted by the police, Halama crashes. Poupě does not want to tell Jaruška where he spent the last night and jumps into the river. Pic makes up with his wife, then has a row again and in a fit of temper he falls into the lift shaft. Finally the three innocent meet in the hospital. The film operator Vlk, who differs from the others only in wearing moustache, is convicted of the robbery.
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Cast
Jiří Sovák
Voice by Zdeněk Kryzánek /promítače Vlka/
zloděj aut Halama/ženich Jan Poupě/žárlivec Láďa Pic/promítač Vlk
Marie Drahokoupilová
nevěsta Jarmila Poupětová
Libuše Švormová
Věra, Picova žena
Kateřina Burianová
Boženka Voráčková
Josef Bek
major VB Panenka
Josef Bláha
cizinec Kandl
Jan Libíček
svatební svědek Emil Rosůlek
František Filipovský
děda Václav
Otto Lackovič
příslušník VB Kára
Stanislav Fišer
příslušník VB Kos
Jiří Zahajský
příslušník VB Hloušek
Jan Faltýnek
příslušník VB Havránek
Jan Cmíral
praporčík VB Vaněk
Jiří Pleskot
příslušník VB Kroupa
Milena Dvorská
pokladní Jalovcová
Luba Skořepová
teta Nora
Valerie Chmelová
zdravotní sestra Mája
Vladimír Hlavatý
Rousek
Josef Beyvl
hlídač parkoviště
Soběslav Sejk
MUDr. Novák
Marie Motlová
matka Pice
Miriam Kantorková
Hedvika
Věra Koktová
vedoucí květinářství
Jiří Lír
vedoucí restaurace Kadraba
Václav Štekl
strýc Karel
Svatopluk Skládal
dozorce podpraporčík Vomáčka
Jiřina Bílá
teta Pepička
Jiří Bruder
poručík VB Kokora
Josef Filip
Tonda
František Suk
tchán Oldřich
Mirko Musil
zřízenec v úschovně Vondra
Vladimír Salač
advokát Koutný
Gabriela Osvaldová
družička Dana
Ivana Fišerová
družička Monika
Zuzana Gogelová
družička Hana
Naďa Konvalinková
družička Jana
Bert Schneider
příslušník VB
Renata Bauerová
holčička na svatbě
Jaroslava Bauerová
svatebčanka
D. Charvátová
svatebčanka
Milena Kaplická
svatebčanka
František Kovář
svatebčan
K. Kvarda
svatebčan
A. Procházková
svatebčanka
A. Puč
svatebčan
Z. Sedláková
svatebčanka
Antonín Sedlák
kluk na svatbě
Karel Bělohradský
mohutný ženich
Miroslav Saic
příslušník VB u Piců
Ljuba Konvalinková
prodavačka
Jindra Kvardová
drbna
Slávka Hamouzová
drbna
Josef Syřiště
dubl
Karel Vítek
dubl
Václav Syřiště
dubl
A. Jílek
dubl
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Jiří Bžoch, Karel Kracík, Dana Smržová
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Stunts
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Václav Havlík, Miroslav Dousek
Unit Production Manager
Consultant
kpt. Miloslav Misauer
Cooperation
Jindřiška Novotná (klapka), Zdeněk Dukát (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)
Songs
Mám ráda hajnýho
Song Composer Antonín Ulrich
Writer of Lyrics Zdeněk Svěrák
Singer ženský hlas
Production info
Original Title
Tři nevinní
Czech Title
Tři nevinní
English Title
The Three Innocent
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy, crime
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1973
Production Year
1973
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 30 October 1972
start of filming 15 January 1973
technical Screenplay approved 23 March 1973
end of filming 3 October 1973
projection approval 10 October 1973
Premiere
premiere 1 March 1974 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 7 March 1974 /suitable for youths/ (kino Sevastopol, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Dramaturgická skupina Vladimíra Kaliny, Vladimír Kalina (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
91 min
Original length in metres
2 550 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,66
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
