Round and Round

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1937

Production year

1937

Runtime

7 min

Director

Elmar Klos

Category

film

Genre

promotional

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Kolem dokola

Czech title

Kolem dokola

English title

Round and Round

Synopsis

Young typists spend their time on reciprocal displays of their purchases rather than on their work. When they do not respond to their chief's ringing, the elderly clerk comes to their office. The girls scatter to their typewriters. Only the most courageous of them explains to him that they are getting themselves ready for a ball and therefore they have bought new shoes. The clerk recalls how he used to dance as a young man and the girl invites him to dance. The man, however, soon loses his breath. The film ends with a display of dancing shoes from the Baťa company.

Cast

Crew and creators

Director

Elmar Klos

Screenplay

Elmar Klos

Director of Photography

Alexander Hackenschmied

Sound Designer

František Pilát

Production Manager

Ladislav Kolda

Music

Music Composed by

Bedřich Kerten

Production info

Original Title

Kolem dokola

Czech Title

Kolem dokola

English Title

Round and Round

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

promotional

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1937

Production Year

1937

Production specifications

date of censorship 10/1937

Premiere

premiere 10/1937 /suitable for youths/

Production

FAB Zlín

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Studio

FAB Zlín

Distribution

FAB Zlín

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

7 min

Original length in metres

180 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,19

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Tobis – Klang

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech