Girls, Stand Fast!
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1937Production year
1937Premiere
27 August 1937Runtime
90 minCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Děvčata nedejte se!Czech title
Děvčata nedejte se!English title
Girls, Stand Fast!Synopsis
Emanuel Pokorný lives in modest circumstances in a boarding house in the suburbs because he does not have a job. Roubal, a former fellow student, recommends Emanuel for the post of teacher at a provincial girl's boarding school. Single mother Lidka has found work and has asked her ex-lover and the father of the child, Jiří, to look after it for a few days. Jiří, who lives in the same boarding house as Emanuel, prizes his freedom and wants to get rid of the baby. So he puts it in Emanuel's bed and disappears. Emanuel, surprised, does not have time to go searching for the child's parents because he is busy looking after it. The next day he goes to the girls' school for an interview. Because of his spotless record, he gets the teaching job. He smuggles the baby secretly into his quarters in a basket. The students he teaches get the impression that he does not live alone. His secret is discovered by Vlasta who is secretly in love with Emanuel. The girls decide to help Emanuel. But the principal finds out about it and Emanuel is dismissed. At the last moment the baby's mother Lidka appears, and everything is explained. But Emanuel finds he cannot live without the baby, so he asks for Lidka's hand and she gladly accepts.
Note
The film was inspired by the French film Le Mioche, made in 1936 by the director Léonide Moguy. It is not clear how closely the films are related. Czech sources do not mention the connection. The information comes from the Catalogue des films français de long métrage 1929–1939 (Cinemathèque Royale de Belgique, 1975).
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Cast
Hugo Haas
profesor Emanuel Pokorný
Adina Mandlová
žačka v internátě Vlasta
Erna Ženíšková
svobodná matka Lidka
Světla Svozilová
vychovatelka v internátě slečna Klotylda
Leopolda Dostalová
ředitelka dívčího internátu
Ladislav Boháč
Jiří, otec malé Jany
Jiří Dohnal
Karel, Jiřího přítel
Karel Jičínský
farář
Stanislav Neumann
podomek v penzionu Josef
Jan Pivec
Václav Roubal
Rudolf Deyl st.
rada Roubal, Václavův strýc
František Roland
obuvník
Milada Horutová
obuvníkova dcera
Vladimír Majer
zápasník pan Pápěrka, soused Pokorného
Milka Balek-Brodská
majitelka penzionu Straková
Jana Ženíšková
Janička, dcera Lidky
Karel Šanda
obchodník
Vilém Pruner
malíř
Emil Dlesk
policejní komisař
Karel Veverka
zahradník
Věkoslav Satoria
starosta
Anči Pírková
služka
Jiřina Steimarová
žačka J.
Milena Velíšková
žačka M. 2
Sylva Langová
žačka M. 1
Zorka Janů
žačka B.
Bobina Prošková
žačka N.
Eva Prchlíková
žačka E.
Julie Ženíšková
Machoňová, žačka W.
Majva Červená
žačka
Helena Svirtová
žačka
Inka Gollwellová
žačka
Hana Porgesová
žačka
Anna Vávrová
žačka
Květa Horská
žačka
Milada Kramperová
žačka
Grossová
žačka
Šetková
žačka
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Václav Dražil, Gill Sedláčková (adept režie)
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Set Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Cooperation
Antonín Frič (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Julius Kalaš)
Songs
Děvčata, nedejte se!
Song Composer Julius KalašJaroslav Mottl
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav Mottl
Singer Jiřina Steimarovádívčí sbor
Production info
Original Title
Děvčata nedejte se!
Czech Title
Děvčata nedejte se!
English Title
Girls, Stand Fast!
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1937
Production Year
1937
Production specifications
start of filming 10 May 1937
end of filming 29 May 1937
date of censorship 07/1937
Premiere
premiere 27 August 1937 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Avion /2 týdny/, Hollywood /2 týdny/ a Metro /1 týden/, Praha)
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
90 min
Original length in metres
2 558 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Tobis – Klang
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech, Slovak
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
