Cathy and Those Ghosts Again

Country

Czech Republic, Federal Republic of Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Copyright

1992

Production year

1991—1992

Premiere

1 April 1993

Runtime

91 min

Category

film

Genre

children, fantastic, comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Kačenka a zase ta strašidla

Czech title

Kačenka a zase ta strašidla

English title

Cathy and Those Ghosts Again

Parallel title

Katja und wieder die Gespenster

Working title

Kačenka a duchové

Summary

A sequel to the film Cathy and the Ghosts. This time Cathy must protect her House of Horrors and defend it from her parents lest they should turn it into the family dwelling.

Synopsis

Ghosts Berta, Elvíra and Caligari visited the exhibition place at Exhibition Site, which they remembered from their last visit of Prague a hundred years ago. But Kačenka calls them back, thanks to the pendulum. Her parents want to rebuild the House of Horror into a villa and they want to sell the dummies. The little girl, together with her ghostly dummies, makes up a plan. She invites the notary, Weber, to check the conditions of the gift – installation of the attraction in operating condition. She tries to get a connection to the old man, Swoboda, who moved to the USA to be with his brother. Berta, dressed up as a nurse, sneaks a look into the hospital register, but there is only the old man's address in Vienna. Berta is changed by a spell into a dog and she may stay with Kačenka. She tells her parents that she is keeping an eye on a dog, who belongs to the neighbour. Elvíra fell in love with her father's brother, Pavel, and she tries to get rid of her "competitor," the teacher, Wali. Pavel is directing amateur actors in his fairy-tale play about the secret of the Krucenberk castle. Wali is very inept in the role of the princess. Swoboda, who did not like it in America, finds out that in Vienna they are going to build a gambling house instead of the House of Horror. He sets out to Kačenka. The fairy tale is changed by spells of the ghosts into a horror-show, moreover, the hairy Berta infests the audience with fleas. But everything ends well. The old man Swoboda agrees with Kačenka and her parents that he will take his gift back. The renovated House of Horror appears, thanks to the spells in Vienna, in its original place. Elvíra forgets about Pavel and she falls in love again.

Note

Based on the co-production TV series, two films for cinema were made: Cathy and the Ghosts and Cathy and Those Ghosts Again. The individual parts of the series have German titles: 1. Das Schloss in Wien, 2. Die Zauberuhr, 3. Spass ohne Grenzen, 4. Das seltsame Haus, 5. Spurensuche, 6. Unsichtbare Untermieter, 7. Das grosse Theater, 8. Bitte recht schrecklich!

Cast

Helena Vitovská

Voice by Klára Šumanová
Kačenka Mahlerová

Jiří Schmitzer

Petr Mahler, Kačenčin otec

Jana Krausová

Mahlerová, Kačenčina matka

Svatopluk Beneš

hypnotizér dr. Caligari, figurína z Domu hrůzy

Jiřina Bohdalová

čarodějnice Berta, figurína z Domu hrůzy

Eva Vejmělková

krásná Elvíra, figurína z Domu hrůzy

Lubomír Kostelka

děda Franz Swoboda, majitel Domu hrůzy

Josef Somr

notář Weber

Gabriela Wilhelmová

majitelka střelnice Seidlová

Jan Jiráň

strýc Pavel Mahler, Petrův bratr

Alena Kreuzmannová

babička Mahlerová, Petrova a Pavlova matka

Vítězslav Jandák

padouch Ludvík

Pavel Nový

padouch Rössel

Luděk Kopřiva

ochotnický herec-král

Ladislav Gerendáš

drogista Kocourek, ochotnický herec-Siegfried

Petr Brukner

ochotnický herec-komoří

Pavel Vondruška

vyděšený brýlatý řidič

Arnošt Goldflam

novinář-divadelní kritik

Adriana Romanová

Voice by Petra Hanžlíková
učitelka Waltraud zvaná Wali

Antonín Klepáč

malíř pokojů

Miloslav Horáček

malíř pokojů

Steve Lichtag

rakouský televizní reportér

Ivo Niederle

vrátný v nemocnici

Jaroslava Pokorná

vystrašená divačka

Eugen Jegorov

Fanouš, manžel vystrašené divačky

Jan Hraběta

odcházející divák

Tomáš Sláma

odcházející divák

Zdeněk Hess

inženýr

Luděk Nešleha

řidič pohřebního vozu

Carmen Mayerová

vrchní sestra Fleischerová

Commentary

Dubbing

Vlastimil Zavřel

hlas strážného číslo 4

Zuzana Skalníková

hlas sekretářky notáře Webera

Richard Honzovič

hlas komentátora výstavy

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Stanislav Rovný

Continuity

Pavla Marková

Screenstory

Ota Hofman

Screenplay

Jindřich Polák, Václav Šašek (spolupráce na scénáři)

Shooting Script

Jindřich Polák

Director of Photography

Josef Vaniš

Second Unit Photography

Václav Helliman

Production Designer

Jindřich Goetz

Assistent Production Designer

Bohumil Nový

Art Director

Ivo Houf (figuríny), Radek Houf (figuríny), Šárka Hejnová (figuríny), Zdeněk Deyl (figuríny)

Set Designer

Bedřich Čermák (vedoucí výpravy), Jaroslav Lehman (rekvizitář), Karel Kočí (rekvizitář), Rudolf Beneš (rekvizitář)

Costume Designer

Šárka Hejnová

Costumes

Ludmila Ondráčková (vedoucí kostymérka), Dana Chaloupková (vedoucí kostymérka), Mária Hubáčková, Marta Jenčová

Film Editor

Dalibor Lipský

Sound Designer

Karel Jaroš

Producer

Jan Šuster (Filmové studio Barrandov)

Production Manager

Pavel Nový

Production Supervisor

Zdeňka Králíková

Cooperation

Adriana Jánská (klapka), Antonín Heřman (vrchní osvětlovač), Jan Kuděla (fotograf), Jaromír Vaverka, J. Fiala

Music

Music Composed by

Karel Svoboda

Selected Music

Bedřich Smetana (Má vlast /Vltava/), Johann Strauss ml. (Na krásném modrém Dunaji)

Music Performed by

Elektrovox Praha

Songs

Strašidla, strašidla

Song Composer Karel Svoboda
Writer of Lyrics Jindřich Polák
Singer Svatopluk BenešJiřina BohdalováEva Vejmělková

Production info

Original Title

Kačenka a zase ta strašidla

Czech Title

Kačenka a zase ta strašidla

English Title

Cathy and Those Ghosts Again

Parallel Title

Katja und wieder die Gespenster

Working Title

Kačenka a duchové

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

children, fantastic, comedy

Origin country

Czech Republic, Federal Republic of Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Copyright

1992

Production Year

1991—1992

Production specifications

end of filming 10/1991

Premiere

premiere 1 April 1993 /suitable for youths/ (kino Jalta, Praha)

Distribution slogan

A Czech film directed by Jindřich Polák for children and the whole family. Czech comedy about the House of Horrors and of ghosts who are unemployed.

Production

Filmové studio Barrandov, Producentské centrum Jana Šustera (Filmové studio Barrandov), Bayerischer Rundfunk München (koprodukce), SWF Baden-Baden (koprodukce), Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln am Rhein (koprodukce), ORF Wien (koprodukce), DRS Zürich (koprodukce), AB Barrandov

Distribution

Space films

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

91 min

Distribution carrier

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

Exhibition: 25. národní přehlídka filmů pro děti a 1. přehlídka televizní tvorby pro děti Ostrov

1993
Ostrov nad Ohří / Czech Republic
Jiřina Bohdalová

Vítěz

Exhibition: 25. národní přehlídka filmů pro děti a 1. přehlídka televizní tvorby pro děti Ostrov

1993
Ostrov nad Ohří / Czech Republic
Helena Vitovská