A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
December 31, 1984
Original Title:
Bohyně krásy
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Československá televize Praha
Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
The pre-Christmas period in a household with four small, temperamental children creates a comedy in itself. But when problems with the password lock are added to the confusion, the fun is guaranteed. A busy father of a family buys one of these ingenious gadgets. This invention is supposed to make it impossible for his children to constantly search for Christmas presents. The tense atmosphere and the interplay of random circumstances mean that even trivial problems begin to take on completely different dimensions in the mother's eyes. The previously trusting wife interprets her husband's chess training, mysterious phone calls.... And to make matters worse, the father forgets the password to the lock. Everything culminates when the wife discovers a present under the tree that was probably intended for another woman. However, the mysteries are not solved until New Year's Eve, when - surprise surprise - the mother-in-law intervenes in the story.
Assistant Director:
Vladimír Klimsa
Camera Operator:
Miroslav Kodeš
Petr Vaněček
Costume Design:
Lída Novotná
Director:
František Filip
Director of Photography:
Karel Holub
Dramaturgy:
Oldřiška Podhorcová
Editor:
Jana Malásková
First Assistant Director:
Milena Poláková
Music Arranger:
Josef Spitzer
Production Manager:
Alexander Nardelli
Screenplay:
Stanislav Rudolf
Set Designer:
Jan Zázvorka
Drahoslav Nikodém
Sound:
Jiří Urban
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