A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
June 1, 1956
Original Title:
Vzorný kinematograf Haška Jaroslava
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Studio uměleckého filmu Praha
Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 106
Jaroslav Hašek screens four film stories in the fairground shed around 1900. After period advertising slides and a "newspaper", we see "the first part of a sensational, exemplary, parfuss, salon program - a film from the life of school-age children, shot under very difficult circumstances". The plot of this film takes place partly in a school classroom and partly in a gymnasium toilet, where the primate Chocholka took refuge from a Latin composition. "Exemplary Family Happiness" is the second film that takes the viewer into the family of the municipal official Honzátek, in which many stormy scenes occurred when the hamster, provided by Honzátek Jr., moved into the sofa - a wedding gift from Sister Ema. Equally surprising are two other stories, one of which tells about the "father of the poor", the owner of a company with unrecoverable cash flow and a famous patron, and the other about the fateful consequences of a joint trip between the old bachelor Mr. Hanzlíček and his neighbors.
Art Designer:
Vladimír Dvořák
Kamil Lhoták
Assistant Camera:
Jiří Šafář
Bohumil Paris
Assistant Director:
Bohumil Svoboda
Milada Mikešová
Alena Nová
Assistant Production Design:
Vladimír Labský
Conductor:
Milivoj Uzelac
Costume Design:
Kamil Lhoták
Costumer:
Pavla Stahlová
Director:
Oldřich Lipský
Director of Photography:
Vladimír Novotný
Editor:
Antonín Zelenka
Gaffer:
Antonín Růžička
Graphic Designer:
Břetislav Dvořák
Makeup & Hair:
Gustav Hrdlička
Josef Mann
Original Music Composer:
Emil Ludvík
Production Design:
Karel Škvor
Production Manager:
Josef Ouzký
Screenplay:
J. A. Novotný
Oldřich Lipský
Set Decoration:
Stanislav Pavlík
Short Story:
Jaroslav Hašek
Sound:
Emil Poledník
Title Designer:
Kamil Lhoták
Unit Production Manager:
Vratislav Innemann
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