Be Prepared!
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1923Production year
1923Premiere
10 January 1924Runtime
62 minDirector
Svatopluk InnemannCategory
filmGenre
educationalTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Buď připraven!Czech title
Buď připraven!English title
Be Prepared!Synopsis
The 30th scouts division go off on their summer camp near Orlík castle. Here they invent various games and display their inventive skills. They also look after the wounded daughter of the owner of the estate where they are invited as a reward. The boys's holidays continue with all manner of sports and lively scouting activities. However, the summer camp has to come to an end and the boys return home to Prague on rafts along the St John's rapids on the Vltava river.
Note
The main actors in the film were members of the Prague 5 scouts group. Among the non-professional actors in the film were employees from the Schwarzenberg estate. Unique scenes of a trip on rafts down the St John rapids back to Prague. The film has the value of a documentary depicting the life of scout groups at that time.
During the years 2017 – 2018 the film was reconstructed by the National Film Archive.
Photos
Cast
Karel Fiala
továrník Jandera
Luisa Hanková-Kučerová
Janderova žena
Váša Benda
Janderův syn Jiřík
Olík Benda
Janderův syn Vláďa
František V. Kučera
majitel panství Arnošt Rieger
Ela Kučerová
Marita Riegerová
Josef Šváb-Malostranský
zahradník Valášek
Jan Fifka
MUDr. Hilbert
Saša Dobrovolná
Hilbertova matka
Rudolf Stahl
divoký tramp
Průšek
vedoucí skautského oddílu
Čapek
skaut vedoucí rozcvičku
Otto Kučera
trubač
Hiler
skaut s lasem
Josef Šolc (2)
přihlížející skaut
Švec
schwarzenberský kočí
Elsa Brejchová
tenistka
Šiklová
Maritina přítelkyně
Somr
skaut jdoucí na nákup
schwarzenberský rada Jiskra
úředník na zámku, druhý zprava
Kořen
skaut s tyčí
Jeřábek
skaut přejímající signál
Jaroslav Zuna
skaut na koni
Jan Novák (skaut)
zpravodaj
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production info
Original Title
Buď připraven!
Czech Title
Buď připraven!
English Title
Be Prepared!
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
educational
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1923
Production Year
1923
Production specifications
date of censorship 12 October 1923 (kulturně-výchovný)
date of censorship 14 March 1929 (kulturně-výchovný)
Premiere
preview 14 October 1923 (kino Lucerna, Praha)
premiere 10 January 1924 /suitable for youths/ (kina Beseda a Na Slovanech, Praha)
renewed premiere 03/1929 /suitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Universal Film (původní 1924), Masarykův lidovýchovný ústav (obnovená 1929)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
62 min
Original length in metres
1 695 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,33
Colour
tinting, black & white, toning
Sound
silent
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
without dialogue
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Intertitles languages
Czech
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
