Upside Down
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1938Production year
1938Premiere
7 January 1939Runtime
90 minDirector
Jiří SlavíčekCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Vzhůru nohamaCzech title
Vzhůru nohamaEnglish title
Upside DownProtectorate parallel title
KopfüberSynopsis
Law student Krumlovský realizes after a drinking binge how useless his life is. He decides to move to a quiet house on Malá Strana and finally finish his studies. Peace and quiet, however, do not materialize. His landlady Vilhelmová attempts to seduce him and the landlord puts on loud concerts. The student's calm is also disrupted by his nascent love for Otylka, the daughter of the landlord. No one suspects that the crazy inventor Provazník, who lives in the attic, is in reality the author of vicious anonymous letters that meddles in the lives of the tenants. He writes to Krumlovský that Otylka is obsessed with marriage at all cost, and to Otylka he writes that Krumlovský is the seducer of innocent young girls. The failed painter Augusta flirts with Mrs. Vilhelmová. Provazník points this out to his jealous wife. She raises a racket, but in the meantime Mrs. Vilhelmová is attempting to hide in Krumlovský's room, and so in turn Otylka is insulted. Not until Provazník's role in the whole confusion is revealed is everyone able to make peace with one another.
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Cast
Václav Trégl
pan domácí
Hana Vítová
Otylka, vnučka domácího
Helena Bušová
bytná paní Vilhelmová, zvaná konduktér
Vladimír Borský
student práv Jan Krumlovský
Jindřich Plachta
blázen a vynálezce Provazník
Bedřich Veverka
MUDr. Jensen, Provazníkův dozorčí lékař
Ludvík Veverka
malíř Augusta
Marie Rosůlková
Marie, Augustova žena
František Paul
hostinský
Ferenc Futurista
vrchní Ignác
Josef Vošalík
žebrák Vojtíšek
Ella Nollová
Vojtíškova sousedka
Vladimír Šmeral
student Morousek
František Černý
tlustý zákazník malíře Augusty
Jindřich Láznička
starosta z Kuckova
Karel Kolár
člen kuckovské městské rady
Gabriel Hart
člen kuckovské městské rady
Rudolf Hrušínský st.
člen kuckovské městské rady
Jaroslav Hradčanský
vrchní
M. Průchová
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Jan Neruda (Figurky – Idylický úryvek ze zápisků advokátního koncipienta – povídka ze sbírky Povídky malostranské)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Titles Designed by
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Cooperation
Willy Ströminger (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Music Performed by
Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Miloš Smatek)
Production info
Original Title
Vzhůru nohama
Czech Title
Vzhůru nohama
English Title
Upside Down
Protectorate Parallel Title
Kopfüber
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1938
Production Year
1938
Production specifications
start of filming 16 August 1938
end of filming 15 September 1938
date of censorship 11/1938
date of censorship 04/1940
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
Premiere
premiere 7 January 1939 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Praha /1½ týdne/, Praha)
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
90 min
Original length in metres
2 565 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Tobis – Klang
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
